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By Nick Mafi. October 9, 2017. The Birth of the New World statue, which is located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, is taller than the Statue of Liberty. Photo: Getty Images/Bloomberg. Last month,...
Jun 19, 2016 · Finally the statue was offered a home in Puerto Rico, where Columbus arrived in 1493. The first choice was Catano, across the bay from the capital, San Juan, but it was decided it would be a risk ...
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Oct 8, 2023 · Today, many of us consider Columbus a stand-in for Europe and whiteness, and that celebrating him means disregarding our Indigenous Taino and African roots. The idea that giant statues to his...
Originally designed by Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli as a monument to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first voyage, Birth of the New World was constructed in 1991. The statue prominently depicts Columbus controlling an anachronistic depiction of a steering wheel, with a backdrop featuring the Niña , Pinta and ...
Jan 9, 2019 · 152. Birth of the New World statue, completed. Prof.D.H.R./cc by-sa 4.0. The Genoese navigator Christopher Columbus is best known for “discovering” the New World in 1492. In commemoration of the...
Oct 9, 2020 · “The statue is really a tribute to genocide, colonialism, religious intolerance, racism, gender violence, and white supremacy,” says R. Múkaro Borrero, president of the United Confederation of...
Jun 29, 2016 · Tsereteli had initially wanted to give the 268-foot-tall statue, which weighs 6,500 tons, to the US a present in 1992, timed to the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s 1492 arrival in the New World ...
