Detail of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monument_to_Christopher_Columbus,_Madrid" title="Category:Monument to Christopher Columbus, Madrid"><b>Monument to Christopher Columbus</b></a> at the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Plaza_de_Col%C3%B3n,_Madrid" title="Category:Plaza de Colón, Madrid">Plaza de Colón</a> ("<i>Columbus Square</i>") in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a> (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain">Spain</a>), built between 1881 and 1885. It's a three metres high statue sculpted in Italian white marble by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jer%C3%B3nimo_Su%C3%B1ol" class="extiw" title="en:Jerónimo Suñol">Jerónimo Suñol</a> (1839–1902). Suñol is also the author of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Christopher_columbus321.jpg" class="extiw" title="en:Image:Christopher columbus321.jpg">Columbus statue</a> at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Central_Park" title="Category:Central Park">Central Park</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:New_York_City" title="Category:New York City">New York City</a> (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.A.</a>).
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