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vevent" style="width: 22em; line-height: 1.4em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold;">Statue of Christopher Columbus</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_in_Louisburg_Square,_Boston_-_IMG_3939.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Statue_in_Louisburg_Square%2C_Boston_-_IMG_3939.jpg/220px-Statue_in_Louisburg_Square%2C_Boston_-_IMG_3939.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Statue_in_Louisburg_Square%2C_Boston_-_IMG_3939.jpg/330px-Statue_in_Louisburg_Square%2C_Boston_-_IMG_3939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Statue_in_Louisburg_Square%2C_Boston_-_IMG_3939.jpg/440px-Statue_in_Louisburg_Square%2C_Boston_-_IMG_3939.jpg 2x" 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style="padding-right:0.65em;"><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Statue_of_Christopher_Columbus_(Beacon_Hill,_Boston)&params=42.358751_N_71.068823_W_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°21′32″N</span> <span class="longitude">71°04′08″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.358751°N 71.068823°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.358751; -71.068823</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A statue of <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> is installed in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill,_Boston" title="Beacon Hill, Boston">Beacon Hill</a> neighborhood, within <a href="/wiki/Louisburg_Square" title="Louisburg Square">Louisburg Square</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>. A Greek merchant, Joseph Iasigi, presented the statue to the city in December 1849.<sup id="cite_ref-Curtis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curtis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A captain of one of his vessels had loaded it onto a ship in Italy as <a href="/wiki/Ballast" title="Ballast">ballast</a>, alongside a statue of <a href="/wiki/Aristides" title="Aristides">Aristides</a> which <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Aristides_(Boston)" title="Statue of Aristides (Boston)">was also donated</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both statues are described as "inferior" and "unremarkable" by art critics.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Italian marble sculpture was carved in <a href="/wiki/Livorno" title="Livorno">Leghorn</a> and depicts Columbus as a boy.<sup id="cite_ref-Curtis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curtis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Gate">China Trade Gate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_Carpet" title="City Carpet">City Carpet</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_and_the_Sculptor" title="Death and the Sculptor">Death and the Sculptor</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_Tablet" title="Declaration of Independence Tablet">Declaration of Independence Tablet</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Donkey_(statue)" title="Democratic Donkey (statue)">Democratic Donkey</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dolphins_of_the_Sea" title="Dolphins of the Sea">Dolphins of the Sea</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorchester_Heights_Monument" title="Dorchester Heights Monument">Dorchester Heights Monument</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Echo_of_the_Waves" title="Echo of the Waves">Echo of the Waves</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Upton_Curtis_Memorial" title="Edwin Upton Curtis Memorial">Edwin Upton Curtis Memorial</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emancipation_(sculpture)" title="Emancipation (sculpture)">Emancipation</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Memorial_(Boston)" title="Emancipation Memorial (Boston)">Emancipation Memorial</a>†</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Embrace" title="The Embrace">The Embrace</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ether_Monument" title="Ether Monument">Ether Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firemen%27s_Memorial_(Boston)" title="Firemen's Memorial (Boston)">Firemen's Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Founders_Memorial" title="The Founders Memorial">The Founders Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Robert_White_Memorial" title="George Robert White Memorial">George Robert White Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Thorndike_Angell_Memorial" title="George Thorndike Angell Memorial">George Thorndike Angell Memorial</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harbor_Fog" title="Harbor Fog">Harbor Fog</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Vendome_Fire_Memorial" title="Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial">Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_Memorial" title="Hungarian Revolution Memorial">Hungarian Revolution Memorial</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Hunter_(Manship)" title="Indian Hunter (Manship)">Indian Hunter</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_J._and_Helen_Storrow_Memorial" title="James J. and Helen Storrow Memorial">James J. and Helen Storrow Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Lantern_(Boston)" title="Japanese Lantern (Boston)">Japanese Lantern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barry_Tablet" title="John Barry Tablet">John Barry Tablet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boyle_O%27Reilly_Memorial" title="John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial">John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotta_Fountain" title="Lotta Fountain">Lotta Fountain</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Make_Way_for_Ducklings_(sculpture)" title="Make Way for Ducklings (sculpture)">Make Way for Ducklings</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_E._Goody_Memorial" title="Marvin E. Goody Memorial">Marvin E. Goody Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Fallen_Firefighters_Memorial" title="Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial">Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Korean_War_Memorial" title="Massachusetts Korean War Memorial">Massachusetts Korean War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Law_Enforcement_Memorial" title="Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial">Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England_Holocaust_Memorial" title="New England Holocaust Memorial">New England Holocaust Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_North_Memorial_Garden" title="Old North Memorial Garden">Old North Memorial Garden</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Once_and_Future_Shoreline" title="A Once and Future Shoreline">A Once and Future Shoreline</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oneida_Football_Club_Monument" title="Oneida Football Club Monument">Oneida Football Club Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkman_Plaza" title="Parkman Plaza">Parkman Plaza</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Partisans_(sculpture)" title="The Partisans (sculpture)">The Partisans</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_Memorial_(Boston)" title="Pope John Paul II Memorial (Boston)">Pope John Paul II Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gould_Shaw_Memorial" title="Robert Gould Shaw Memorial">Robert Gould Shaw Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Child_Fountain" title="Small Child Fountain">Small Child Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument_(Boston)" title="Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston)">Soldiers and Sailors Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statler_Fountain" title="Statler Fountain">Statler Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Bell_(Boston)" title="Temple Bell (Boston)">Temple Bell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thermopylae_(sculpture)" title="Thermopylae (sculpture)">Thermopylae</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Teammates_(statue)" title="The Teammates (statue)">The Teammates</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare_(sculpture)" title="The Tortoise and the Hare (sculpture)">The Tortoise and the Hare</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triton_Babies_Fountain" title="Triton Babies Fountain">Triton Babies Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I_Memorial_(Boston)" title="World War I Memorial (Boston)">World War I Memorial</a></li> <li>World War II Memorial <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Memorial_(Charlestown,_Boston)" title="World War II Memorial (Charlestown, Boston)">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Memorial_(Fenway%E2%80%93Kenmore,_Boston)" title="World War II Memorial (Fenway–Kenmore, Boston)">Fenway–Kenmore</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Portraitstatues" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portrait<br />statues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Aristides_(Boston)" title="Statue of Aristides (Boston)">Aristides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Red_Auerbach" title="Statue of Red Auerbach">Red Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_William_Francis_Bartlett" title="Statue of William Francis Bartlett">William Francis Bartlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Phillips_Brooks" title="Statue of Phillips Brooks">Phillips Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Robert_Burns_(Boston)" title="Statue of Robert Burns (Boston)">Robert Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Thomas_Cass" title="Statue of Thomas Cass">Thomas Cass</a></li> <li>Christopher Columbus <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Beacon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Christopher_Columbus_(North_End,_Boston)" title="Statue of Christopher Columbus (North End, Boston)">North End</a>†</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_William_Ellery_Channing" title="Statue of William Ellery Channing">William Ellery Channing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_Singleton_Copley" title="Statue of John Singleton Copley">John Singleton Copley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statues_of_James_Michael_Curley" title="Statues of James Michael Curley">James Michael Curley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Tony_DeMarco" title="Statue of Tony DeMarco">Tony DeMarco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Charles_Devens_(Boston)" title="Statue of Charles Devens (Boston)">Charles Devens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Mary_Dyer" title="Statue of Mary Dyer">Mary Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_Endecott" title="Statue of John Endecott">John Endecott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Leif_Erikson_(Boston)" title="Statue of Leif Erikson (Boston)">Leif Erikson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Edward_Everett" title="Statue of Edward Everett">Edward Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_David_Farragut_(Boston)" title="Statue of David Farragut (Boston)">David Farragut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(Boston)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Boston)">Benjamin Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_William_Lloyd_Garrison" title="Statue of William Lloyd Garrison">William Lloyd Garrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_Glover" title="Statue of John Glover">John Glover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Edward_Everett_Hale" title="Statue of Edward Everett Hale">Edward Everett Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Alexander_Hamilton_(Boston)" title="Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Boston)">Alexander Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Joseph_Hooker" title="Equestrian statue of Joseph Hooker">Joseph Hooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Anne_Hutchinson" title="Statue of Anne Hutchinson">Anne Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_F._Kennedy_(Boston)" title="Statue of John F. Kennedy (Boston)">John F. Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko_(Boston)" title="Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko (Boston)">Tadeusz Kościuszko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Henry_Cabot_Lodge" title="Statue of Henry Cabot Lodge">Henry Cabot Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Horace_Mann" title="Statue of Horace Mann">Horace Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Samuel_Eliot_Morison" title="Statue of Samuel Eliot Morison">Samuel Eliot Morison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Bobby_Orr" title="Statue of Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_George_S._Patton_(Boston)" title="Statue of George S. Patton (Boston)">George S. Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Wendell_Phillips" title="Statue of Wendell Phillips">Wendell Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_William_Prescott" title="Statue of William Prescott">William Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Josiah_Quincy_III" title="Statue of Josiah Quincy III">Josiah Quincy III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Paul_Revere" title="Equestrian statue of Paul Revere">Paul Revere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Bill_Russell" title="Statue of Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento" title="Statue of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento">Domingo Faustino Sarmiento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Charles_Sumner_(Boston)" title="Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston)">Charles Sumner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Maurice_J._Tobin" title="Statue of Maurice J. Tobin">Maurice J. Tobin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_David_I._Walsh" title="Statue of David I. Walsh">David I. Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Joseph_Warren_(Charlestown,_Boston)" title="Statue of Joseph Warren (Charlestown, Boston)">Joseph Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_George_Washington_(Boston)" title="Equestrian statue of George Washington (Boston)">George Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Daniel_Webster_(Boston)" title="Statue of Daniel Webster (Boston)">Daniel Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Kevin_White" title="Statue of Kevin White">Kevin White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_Winthrop_(Boston)" title="Statue of John Winthrop (Boston)">John Winthrop</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Art_Commission" title="Boston Art Commission">Boston Art Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graffiti_in_Boston" title="Graffiti in Boston">Graffiti in Boston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Key</b>: † No longer extant or on public display</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1012311289">.mw-parser-output .asbox{position:relative;overflow:hidden}.mw-parser-output .asbox table{background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .asbox p{margin:0}.mw-parser-output .asbox p+p{margin-top:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .asbox-body{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .asbox-note{font-size:smaller}.mw-parser-output .asbox .navbar{position:absolute;top:-0.75em;right:1em;display:none}</style><div role="note" class="metadata plainlinks asbox stub"><table role="presentation"><tbody><tr class="noresize"><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stub icon 1" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/50px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/75px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/100px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sculpture_(NP100738).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stub icon 2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Sculpture_%28NP100738%29.svg/25px-Sculpture_%28NP100738%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Sculpture_%28NP100738%29.svg/38px-Sculpture_%28NP100738%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Sculpture_%28NP100738%29.svg/50px-Sculpture_%28NP100738%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></td><td><p class="asbox-body">This article about a sculpture in Massachusetts is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">stub</a>. 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