Christopher Columbus is a key character in the history of Spain. There are many cities that have squares, monuments or streets dedicated to him. We will not go into whether he was from Genoa, Barcelona or Pontevedra, if he is buried in Santo Domingo or in Seville, we will only focus on his monument in Madrid.

En Madrid the enormous Colon Square It is located between the streets of Serrano, Goya, Jorge Juan, Génova and the walks of Recoletos and La Castellana. It includes a large space known as the Discovery Gardens.

The monument to Columbus stands out in neo-Gothic style created between 1881 and 1885. It has a square base with reliefs and an octagonal pillar. The complex (with a total height of 17 meters) was carved in stone Arturo Melida, and stands out for a three-meter-high statue sculpted in white marble from Italy by Jeronimo Sunol. For a few years it was located in the Discovery Gardens but since 2009 it occupies the central island where we can see it today.

But there is much more in this square to which we will return another day in 365 days in Madrid. In 1977 the gardens and the Monument to the Discovery of America, Joaquin Vaquero Turcios. Also at the intersection of the square and Génova Street are the so-called Columbus Towers, with its striking plug and which we will talk about soon.

A abrazo.