Statue of Christopher Columbus
The Christopher Columbus Monument was a marble statue of the explorer Christopher Columbus in the Little Italy neighborhood of Downtown Baltimore, Maryland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: former public statue in Baltimore, Maryland, by Mauro Bigarani
- Also known as: “Christopher Columbus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum and Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse.
Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum
Museum
Photo: KudzuVine, Public domain.
The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, formerly the Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, is a museum located in the Jonestown/Old Town and adjacent to Little Italy neighborhoods of eastern downtown Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum is situated 790 feet north of Statue of Christopher Columbus.
Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: VinceB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Seven Foot Knoll Light was built in 1855 and is the oldest screw-pile lighthouse in Maryland. It was located atop Seven Foot Knoll in the Chesapeake Bay until it was replaced by a modern navigational aid and relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor as a museum exhibit. Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse is situated 790 feet southwest of Statue of Christopher Columbus.
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
Museum
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is a resource in Baltimore, Maryland, for information about the lives and history of African American Marylanders. Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is situated 780 feet north of Statue of Christopher Columbus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Italy and Jonestown.
Little Italy
Neighborhood
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Little Italy is a neighborhood located in southeastern Baltimore, Maryland. The neighborhood is known for its strong Italian-American heritage and identity.
Jonestown
Neighborhood
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Jonestown is a neighborhood in the southeastern district of Baltimore. Established in 1732, three years after Baltimore was incorporated in 1729, it is one of the oldest places in the city.
Perkins Homes
Neighborhood
Photo: Baltimore Heritage, CC0.
Perkins Homes was a former public housing development in Southeast Baltimore, located between Fells Point and Little Italy and bounded by Pratt Street to the north, Eden Street on the west, Dallas Street on the east, and Bank Street to the south.
Statue of Christopher Columbus
- Categories: statue and tourism
- Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.28535° or 39° 17′ 7″ northLongitude
-76.60372° or 76° 36′ 13″ westInception
October 8th, 1984Open location code
87F579PW+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 9756318807OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q97179874
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Columbus Piazza and Baltimore Public Works Museum.
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