COLUMBUS MONUMENTS PAGES

Washington (USA)
Introduction

WASHINGTON: introduction

From various sources, 9 Columbus and related memorials were located. In chronological order they are (with * are the monuments indicated which are not visible for the public).

  1. 1801/17 Bust by Giuseppe Ceracchi in the *White House.
  2. 1825/27 Portrait medaillon in the Capitol Rotunda
  3. 1836 Statue by Luigi Persico in the storage of the *Capitol.
  4. 1860 Scenes of Columbus' life and bust Randolph Rogers' Capitol Doors.
  5. 1897 Statue by Paul Wayland Bartlett in the Library of Congress.
  6. 1912 Monument with statue by Lorado Z. Taft at Union Station.
  7. 1950s Relief and stained glass window in the National Shrine.
  8. 1966 Statue of Queen Isabella by José Luis Sanchez at the OAS.
  9. 1992 Statue by Carlo Nicoli at the Holy Rosary Church.

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