Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer
Christopher Columbus
(1451–1506) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Alternative names | Cristoforo Colombo; Columbus; Cristóbal Colón; Cristobal Colon; Christofer Columbus | ||
Description | explorer, sailor and Franciscan tertiary | ||
Date of birth/death |
1451 ![]() |
20 May 1506 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Genoa | Andorra | |
Authority control |
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Sculptures and monumentsEdit
Statue in Valladolid (Spain).
Monumento a Colombo a Genova.
Monument in Barcelona.
Monument in Barcelona (night view).
Monument in Barcelona (detail).
Statue in Bremerhaven (Germany).
Statue in London.
Monumento esculturico realizado por el artista Ernesto Gilbert (1887)
Monument in Huelva
Monument in Buenos Aires.
Genoa, via Gramsci (porto antico di Genova)
Bronze statue by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi in Providence, Rhode Island
MapsEdit
ManuscriptsEdit
StampsEdit
BanknotesEdit
MiscellaneousEdit
/ 2 ("Porta Soprana")
- Italiano: Genova: Particolare di poster ottocentesco che ricorda la scoperta dell'America