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• Location: Columbus Circle
• Sculptor: Gaetano Russo
• Description: Standing figue (colossal scale) on rostral column on pedestal, base, and plinth; pedestal figure of a winged youth examining a globe; two bas-reliefs on base
• Materials: Figures--Carrara marble; Column--granite; Rostra and bas-reliefs--bronze
• Dimensions: Total: 76'; Figure H: 13'; Column H: 35'; Pedestal H: 28'
• Cast: 1892
• Dedicated: October 12, 1892
• Foundry: Nelli, Rome
• Donor: Italian Americans led by Carlo Barsotti, publisher, Il Progresso Italo Americano
• Inscription: [top, English inscription] TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS / THE ITALIANS RESIDENT IN AMERICA, / SCOFFED AT BEFORE, / DURING THE VOYAGE, MENACED, / AFTER IT, CHAINED, / AS GENEROUS AS OPPRESSED, / TO THE WORLD HE GAVE A WORLD. /
  
  [bottom, English inscription] JOY AND GLORY / NEVER UTTERED A MORE THRILLING CALL / THAT THAT WHICH RESOUNDED / FROM THE CONQUERED OCEAN / IN SIGHT OF THE FIRST AMERICAN ISLAND /LAND! LAND! /
  ON THE XII OF OCTOBER MDCCCXCII / THE FOURTH CENTENARY / OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA / IN IMPERISHABLE REMEMBRANCE. /
  
  [top, Italian inscription] A CRISTOFORO COLOMBO / GL ITALIANI RESIDENTI IN AMERICA / IRRISO PRIMA / MINACCIATO DURANTE IL VIAGGIO / INCATENATO DOPO / SAPENDO ESSER GENEROSO QUANTO OPPRESSO / DONAVA UN MONDO AL MONDO
  
  [bottom, Italian inscription] LA GIOIA E LA GLORIA / NON EBBERO MAI PIU SOLENNE GRIDO / DI OUELLO CHE RISUONO IN VISTA / DELLA PRIMA ISOLA AMERICANA / TERRA! TERRA! /
  NEL 12 OTTOBRE 1892 / QUARTO CENTENARIO / DELLA SCOPERTA D'AMERICA / A IMPERITURA MEMORIA /