Statue of Christopher Columbus | |
Artist: | sculptor Paz-Soldán |
Completion Date: | 4 August 1860 |
Medium: | Sculpture |
Subject: | Christopher Columbus |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
City: | Lima, Peru |
A 10-feet-high statue of Christopher Columbus is located in Alameda de Acho, Lima, Peru. It was erected on 4 August 1860 by Spanish sculptor Paz-Soldán. The statue was originally sited on the Avenida 9 de Diciembre (Paseo Colón), but by the 1940s it had been moved to its current location.[1] It underwent renovation in 2020.[2]