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Place Artist Date Type
Isobe-machi, Mie Prefecture (Japan)
Shima Spanish Village		 after Rafael Atché 1994 Statue

 

Description:

Copy of the statue in Barcelona.

Inscription:

コロンブス像
Estatua de Colon
Statue of Columbus
バルセロナの「平和の港の広場」やマドリードの「コロン広場」をはじめとして、スペインの各地にコロンブスのアメリカ航路発見（1492年）を讃える記念碑が立っています。バルセロナは、コロンブスが第一航海から帰国後、その成果をイサベル女王に報告するために訪れた地です。それを記念して、1888年の万国博覧会の際、高さ60メートルの記念碑と、その上の６メートルのコロンブス像が建てられました。パルケエスパーニャのコロンブス像はこれを参考に制作しました。（Kubota）

The Babelfish translation is:
"The open space of the port of Barcelona peace" and the Madrid "colon open space" as beginning, Columbus American route discovery (1492) the monument which praises stands in the Spanish every place. As for Barcelona, Columbus after the returning home, is the area where it visits in order to report the result to the ??? queen from first navigation. Commemorating that, the case of the international exhibition 1888, you could build the monument of height 60 meter and the Columbus image of 6 meters on that. The Columbus image of ??? produced this in reference. (Kubota)
(Kubota is a company building tractors, see their website)

Notes:

Shima Spanish Village is an integrated resort facility constructed by Kintetsu group in Isobe-machi, Mie Prefecture. It opened in April 1994 and includes the theme park Parque España. This theme park consists of several city plazas reproduced in scale and façade (but not in materials) from various Spanish cities, juxtaposed to provide spaces for Japanese tourists to enjoy. Around these plazas are stores and restaurants in which the tourists are expected to spend most of their time and cash. There is also an amusement park, an outdoor stage, a museum of Spanish handicrafts, and a boat ride.

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