Statue of Edward Colston

The statue of Edward Colston is a bronze statue of -born merchant and transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston. It was created in 1895 by the Irish sculptor John Cassidy and was formerly situated on a plinth of Portland stone in a public space known as The Centre in Bristol, until it was toppled by anti-racism protestors in 2020.
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  • Work of art
  • …is a statue
  • …is also known as “Edward Colston”
  • …is not wheelchair accessible
  • Description: former public statue in Bristol, England

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Statue of Edward Colston

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Latitude
51.44751° or 51° 26′ 51″ north
Longitude
-2.59848° or 2° 35′ 55″ west
Open location code
9C3VCCX2+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2941119302
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q26497793

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Statue of Edward Colston” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “estàtua d’Edward Colston”
  • Catalan: “Estàtua d’Edward Colston”
  • Chinese: “科尔斯顿青铜雕像”
  • Chinese: “科爾斯頓青銅雕像”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال ادوارد كولستون”
  • French: “statue d’Edward Colston”
  • French: “Statue d’Edward Colston”
  • German: “Edward-Colston-Denkmal”
  • German: “Edward-Colston-Statue”
  • German: “Statue von Edward Colston”
  • Italian: “Statua di Edward Colston”
  • Japanese: “エドワード・コルストンの像”
  • Russian: “Памятник Эдварду Кольстену”
  • Spanish: “Estatua de Edward Colston”
  • Swedish: “Edward Colstons staty”
  • Swedish: “Staty över Edward Colson”
  • Welsh: “Cerflun Edward Colston”

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