List of monuments and memorials to Christopher Columbus


This is a list of monuments and memorials to Christopher Columbus.

Holidays

  • Argentina
  • * The holiday was changed from El día de la Raza to "Day of Respect of Cultural Diversity" in 2010.
  • Colombia
  • * El día de la Raza y de la Hispanidad
  • Costa Rica
  • * The holiday was changed from Día de la Raza to Día del Encuentro de las Culturas.
  • Spain
  • *Fiesta Nacional de España
  • United States
  • * Columbus Day
  • Venezuela
  • * The holiday was changed from El día de la Raza to Día de la Resistencia Indígena in 2002.

Monuments

Argentina

Bahamas

Belgium

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

Chile

  • Arica
  • * Busto de Cristóbal Colón
  • Iquique
  • * Busto de Cristóbal Colón
  • Santiago de Chile
  • * Busto de Cristóbal Colón
  • * 500th anniversary
  • Valparaiso
  • * Cristóbal Colón en la Avenida Brasil
  • * Cristóbal Colón

Colombia

  • Barranquilla
  • * Estatua de Cristóbal Colón
  • * Busto de Cristóbal Colón
  • Bogotá
  • * Monumento a la Reina Isabel y Cristobal Colón
  • Cartagena
  • * Christopher Columbus Monument

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

  • Quito
  • * Cristóbal Colón

Egypt

El Salvador

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Ireland

Italy

  • Abano Terme
  • * Cristoforo Colombo
  • Bettola
  • * Lapide commemorativa del 400° anniversario
  • * Cristoforo Colombo
  • * Lapidi sulla Torre Colombo
  • Bistagno
  • * Colombo giovinetto
  • Chiavari
  • * Cristoforo Colombo
  • Chiusanico
  • * Caravella nel marciapiede
  • * Casa Colombo
  • * Lapide del'origine della famiglia di Colombo
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo
  • Cicagna
  • * Cristoforo Colombo
  • Cogoleto
  • * Lapide sulla chiesa Sta. Maria
  • * Lapide commemorativa della visita de Princetown nel 1847
  • * Monumento a Cristoforo Colombo
  • * Ritratto e le scene della vita di Colombo
  • * Affresco sulla casa natale di Colombo
  • * Lapide commemorativa della visita di re Umberto I nel 1857
  • * Cogoleto Municipio
  • Cuccaro Monferrato
  • * Monumento del 500° anniversario
  • * Lapide commemorativa del 500° anniversario
  • * Lapide commemorativa del dinastia di Colombo
  • Diano Marina
  • * Cristoforo Colombo
  • Fontanarossa (Piacenza)
  • * Lapide sulla casa natale di madre di Colombo
  • Genova
  • * La Vela di Columbo
  • * Marciapiede Campopisano
  • * Rilievi del Castello D'Albertis
  • * Colombo giovinetto
  • * Il Bigo
  • * Lapide sulla Palazzo di San Giorgio
  • * Affresco sulla facciata del Palazzo di San Giorgio
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo nel Palazzo Reale
  • * Monumento a Colombo nel Palazzo Rosso
  • * Monumento a Colombo in Piazza Acquaverde
  • * Rilievi su Piazza Dante
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo nel Palazzo della Regione
  • * Giardini di Colombo
  • * Ritratto di Colombo con le navi
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo nel Stazione Marittima
  • * La Nave Umana
  • * Statua di Cristoforo Colombo nel Liceo Colombo
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo nel Palazzo Tursi
  • * Statua di Cristoforo Colombo in Via Gramsci
  • * Casa de Colombo
  • La Spezia
  • * Due statue di Cristoforo Colombo
  • Lavagna
  • * Cristoforo Colombo
  • Lucca
  • * San Michele e 35 protomi di figure storiche
  • Milano
  • * Statua di Cristoforo Colombo
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo
  • Mirandola
  • * Medaglioni ritratto di illustri italiani
  • Moconesi
  • * Affresco con Colombo, Dante e Petrarca
  • * La Casa degli Avi di Colombo
  • * Scultura commemorativa di Colombo
  • * Lapide commemorativa de 1889
  • * Lapide commemorativa del 500° anniversario
  • Noli
  • * Commemorazione della partenza di Colombo da Genova nel 1476
  • Ovada
  • * Ritratto di Cristoforo Colombo
  • Parma
  • * Colombo giovinetto
  • Pavia
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo
  • Rapallo
  • * Affresco di Colombo e altri illustri italiani
  • * Cristoforo Colombo
  • Roma
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo sul Pincio
  • San Colombano Certenoli
  • * Cristoforo Colombo
  • Santa Margherita Ligure
  • * Cristoforo Colombo
  • Santo Stefano d'Aveto
  • * Ritratto di Colombo
  • Savona
  • * Busto di Cristoforo Colombo
  • * Lapide commemorativa sulla casa del padre di Colombo
  • * Lapide commemorativa in Via San Giuliano
  • Sestri Levante
  • * Vela per Cristoforo Colombo
  • Torino
  • * Ritratto di Colombo

Jamaica

Japan

  • Shima, Mie
  • * A reproduction of the Barcelona monument is found in the Shima Spanish Village.
  • Urayasu, Chiba
  • *A statue of Christopher Columbus is located at the American Waterfront section of Tokyo DisneySea.

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

  • Colón
  • * Monumento a Cristóbal Colón

Paraguay

Peru

  • Callao
  • * Cristóbal Colón
  • Cuzco
  • * Placa conmemorativa de la resistencia andina
  • Lima
  • * Monumento a Cristóbal Colón
  • Pisco
  • * Cristóbal Colón
  • Tacna
  • * Cristóbal Colón

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

Alabama

  • Birmingham
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue. Located at 10th Avenue South 1600..

Arizona

  • Phoenix
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue. Located at N. 12th St. 7509.

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

  • Fort Lauderdale
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Port Everglades, Marinelli Gardens
  • Miami
  • * Statue of Christopher Columbus located at Bayfront Park
  • Pensacola
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at City Hall in downtown Pensacola.
  • Port Charlotte
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at 2500 Easy Street, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church
  • Sarasota
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Bay Shore Road 5401
  • Sarasota
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at St. Armands Circle, St. Armand's key
  • St. Petersburg
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Bayshore Dr. / 2nd Ave NE
  • Tampa
  • * Columbus Statue Park. Located at Bayshore Boulevard at Platt Street Bridge

Georgia

Illinois

Iowa

  • Des Moines
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Capitol Grounds

Indiana

  • Indianapolis
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at South West grounds of State Capitol Building
  • Mishawaka
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at E Mishawaka Avenue / Christyann Street
  • Notre Dame
  • * Murals depicting Columbus inside the Main Building of the University of Notre Dame, painted by Vatican artist Luigi Gregori between 1882 and 1884. These murals have been covered by removable tapestries since 2020, amid ongoing controversy over their depiction of Indigenous people.

Louisiana

Massachusetts

Maryland

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

  • Columbus
  • * The Quincentenary Belltower located at Pawnee Park

New Jersey

  • Atlantic City
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Arkansas & Atlantic Avenue
  • Bayonne
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Mary Griffith Peters Sculpture Garden
  • Camden
  • * Statue of Christopher Columbus located at Farnham Park
  • East Hanover
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus
  • Elizabeth
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Third Avenue
  • Ewing
  • * Quincentennial tree with plaque located at Jake Garzio Drive 2
  • Garfield
  • * Christopher Columbus "The New World" Monument located at Dahnert Lake County Park
  • * Columbus Memorial located at Columbus Park
  • Hackensack
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Columbus Park
  • Hammonton
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Egg Harbor Road, 1 block east of Route 54
  • Hoboken
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Columbus Park
  • Jersey City
  • * La Vela di Colombo - The Sail of Columbus monument located at Liberty State Park
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Journal Square
  • Kearny
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Kearny Riverbank Park
  • Lodi
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Memorial Drive 1
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Christopher Columbus Park
  • Long Branch
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Slocum Park - Broadway
  • Lyndhurst
  • * Columbus Monument located at Delafield Avenue
  • Montville
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Municipal Building
  • Newark
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue in Washington Park located at Washington Park
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue in Xavier Park located at Bloomfield Avenue
  • North Arlington
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at River Road
  • Nutley
  • * Columbus Day Monument located at Chestnut Street / Kennedy Drive
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Chestnut Street / Kennedy Drive
  • Ocean Township
  • * Relief with Columbus' fleet located near Monmouth Rd and Deal Rd
  • Parsippany
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Parsippany Blvd.
  • Passaic
  • * Christopher Columbus Monument located at Passaic Avenue
  • Paterson
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Federici Park, Cianci Street & Curtis Place
  • Pennsauken
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Cooper River Park
  • Phillipsburg
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at South Main & Stockton Streets
  • Ridgefield
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Englehart Terrace
  • Scotch Plains
  • * Christopher Columbus Monument located at 430 Park Ave.
  • Secaucus
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Paterson Plank Road & Humboldt Street
  • Trenton
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Columbus Park
  • Union City
  • * Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Ellsworth Park
  • West New York
  • * Christopher Columbus Relief located at Christopher Columbus Park
  • West Orange
  • * Columbus Monument located at Valley Road
  • Williamstown
  • * Christopher Columbus Statue located at Main Street / Blue Bell Road

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Virginia

Washington State

Uruguay

Venezuela

  • Caracas
  • * Cristóbal Colón en el Parque El Calvario
  • * Monumento a Colón en el Golfo triste . This sculpture by Rafael de la Cova was torn down in 2004
  • Carúpano
  • * Cristóbal Colón
  • Macuro
  • * Cristóbal Colón
  • Mérida
  • * Busto de Cristóbal Colón
  • Mucuchachí
  • * Busto de Cristóbal Colón

Places

Canada

South America

Southeast Asia

United States

At least 54 U.S. communities are named for Christopher Columbus.

Schools

United States