Monument to the Discovery Faith

Local nameMonumento a la Fe Descubridora
LocationHuelva, Spain

The Monument to the Discovery Faith, popularly known as el Monumento a Colón is a monument in Huelva, Spain. It is a work by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

Funded via a popular subscription in the United States channeled by the Columbus Memorial Fund Inc., the monument, 37-metre high, was built from 1927 to 1929. Erected on the Punta del Sebo, the confluence of the Tinto and Odiel rivers, it was inaugurated on 21 April 1929, during a ceremony attended by Miguel Primo de Rivera and the US ambassador Ogden H. Hammond.The sculpted man is sometimes described as representing a friar from La Rábida, yet it originally was described as a statue of Christopher Columbus.It consists of a mortar structure covered by ashlar masonry.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Discovery_Faith

Official Website http://www.andalucia.org/es/turismo-cultural/visitas/huelva/monumentos/monumento-a-la-fe-descubridora/

Address 21005, Spain

Coordinates 37°12'44.262" N -6°56'25.327" E

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