I want to talk about the monument of Christopher

Columbus. The statue was sculpted by Rafael Atché and it

was built in 1888, for the Universal Exposition of

Barcelona. You can find it in Pl. Portal de la Pau.

The bronze statue is 7.2 m tall and it stands on a column

which is 40m tall. The total height of the Columbus

monument is 60m. Columbus is supposedly pointing

towards the New World with his right hand, while holding

a scroll in the left. But in actual fact the statue points east

towards Columbus's home city of Genoa.

The monument was built to commemorate the 400th

anniversary of the discovery of America.

Columbus stands on a globe with the inscription "Earth".

At the base of the column you can see another statue of

Columbus holding scrolls and some scenes from his trip.

I want to recommend you to visit this monument

because there is a remarkable sight from it.