Monumento a Cristóbal Colón
Monumento a Cristóbal Colón stands at the centre of the Catalina de Ribera promenade in Seville. The 23-metre monument rises above flat gardens and public spaces, combining Corinthian columns, bronze sculpture and a fountain.
Juan Talavera y Heredia designed the structure, while Lorenzo Coullaut Valera sculpted the lion and Columbus medallion. Completed in 1921 after José Laguillo y Bonilla began a public subscription, it places a bronze caravel between two columns representing the Pillars of Hercules. The ship bears the names Isabel and Fernando, while the marble pedestal carries Columbus’s relief on one side and the Catholic Monarchs’ coat of arms on the other.
A lion rests its right paw on a globe at the summit, giving the site its local nickname, la fuente del león. Local folklore once warned children that the lion would descend to drink from the fountain, while a joke told curious visitors that it had eaten Columbus.
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