Monument to the Discovery Faith
The Monument to the Discovery Faith (Spanish: Monumento a la Fe Descubridora), popularly known as el Monumento a Colón ("the Monument to Columbus") is a monument in Huelva, Spain. It is a work by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
| Monumento a la Fe Descubridora | |
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| Coordinates | 37°12′44″N 6°56′25″W |
|---|---|
| Location | Huelva, Spain |
| Designer | Gertrude Whitney |
| Height | 37 m |
| Beginning date | 1927 |
| Completion date | 1929 |
| Opening date | 21 April 1929 |
| Dedicated to | Christopher Columbus |
Funded via a popular subscription in the United States channeled by the Columbus Memorial Fund Inc.,[1][2] the monument, 37-metre high, was built from 1927 to 1929.[3] Erected on the Punta del Sebo, the confluence of the Tinto and Odiel rivers,[4] it was inaugurated on 21 April 1929, during a ceremony attended by Miguel Primo de Rivera and the US ambassador Ogden H. Hammond.[5][6]
The sculpted man (leaning on a Tau cross) is sometimes described as representing a friar from La Rábida,[7] yet it originally was described (including by the author herself) as a statue of Christopher Columbus.[1][8]
It consists of a mortar structure covered by ashlar masonry (calcarenite).[3]
References
- Citations
- Sugrañés, Eduardo J. (3 August 2019). "El Monumento a Colón: Desmontando los mitos". Huelva Información.
- Márquez Macías 2011, p. 36.
- Carretero & Bernabé 2012, p. 315.
- Font, Rosa (19 June 2020). "Huelva redescubre a Cristóbal Colón". ABC.
- "La construcción de un símbolo". El Mundo. 12 March 2012.
- Márquez Macías 2011, p. 39.
- Gómez Romero, Luis Carlos (6 March 2020). "¿Sabías que?". Junta de Andalucía.
- Márquez Macías 2011, p. 41.
- Bibliography
- Carretero, María Isabel; Bernabé, José Manuel (2012). "Guía didáctica del estado de alteración del Monumento a Colón de Huelva (España)" (PDF). In Miguel Sarmiento, Aguasanta; Cantano Martín, Mercedes; Ruiz de Almodóvar Sel, Gabriel (eds.). Comunicaciones del XVII Simposio sobre Enseñanza de la Geología. pp. 314–324. ISBN 978-84-15633-09-9.
- Márquez Macías, Rosario (2011). Huelva y América. Cien años de Americanismo. Revista "La Rábida" (1911-1933) (PDF). ISBN 978-84-7993-220-6.