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User / wallyg / CT - New Haven: Wooster Square - Christopher Columbus Statue
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Dedicated in 1892, and donated by the nited Italian Societies, this bronze statue of Christopher Columbus holds a globe on his left hand. The inscription on the granite stone pedestral reads:

A
CRISTOFORO COLOMBO
GL'ITALIANI
DI
NEW HAVEN
1892

The statue was recast in 1955, and in 1992, it received a memorial stone dedicated by the Greater New Haven Columbus Day Committee. The statue is the site of the annual wreath-laying on Columbus Day.

National Register #71000914 (1971)
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  • Taken: Aug 20, 2007
  • Uploaded: Aug 26, 2007
  • Updated: Nov 19, 2014