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Wikipedia: The Columbus Monument (Monument a Colom in Catalan, also known as the Monumento a Colón and Mirador de Colón in Spanish) is a 60 m (197 ft) tall monument for Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain. It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona and is located at the site where Columbus returned to Spain after his first voyage to the Americas. The monument serves as a reminder that Barcelona is where Christopher Columbus reported to Queen Isabella and Ferdinand after Columbus' most famous trip.
![[Columbus Monument : bronze bas]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Barcelona_157_s.jpg "Columbus Monument : bronze bas")
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![[Lion at the base]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Leon_colon2_s.jpg "Lion at the base")
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![[Statue of Father Bernat de Boïl, with the medallions of the Marqués and Marquessa de Moya behind]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Detalle_colon_barcelona_3_s.jpg "Statue of Father Bernat de Boïl, with the medallions of the Marqués and Marquessa de Moya behind")
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![[Bas-relief panel depicting Columbus and his son at the La Rabida Monastery]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Detalle_colon_barcelona_8_2_s.jpg "Bas-relief panel depicting Columbus and his son at the La Rabida Monastery")
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![[Scale model at the Catalunya en Miniatura park]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Catalunya_en_Miniatura_Monument_a_Colom_s.jpg "Scale model at the Catalunya en Miniatura park")
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![[Columbus Monument, Barcelona]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Monument_a_Colom_2C_Barcelona_2C_Spain_Jan_07_2_s.jpg "Columbus Monument, Barcelona")
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