Monument to the Discovery Faith

The Monument to the Discovery Faith (Spanish: Monumento a la Fe Descubridora), popularly known as el Monumento a Colón ("the Monument to Columbus") is a monument in Huelva, Spain. It is a work by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Funded via a popular subscription in the United States channeled by the Columbus Memorial Fund Inc., the monument, 37-metre high, was built from 1927 to 1929. Erected on the Punta del Sebo, the confluence of the Tinto and Odiel rivers, it was inaugurated on 21 April 1929, during a ceremony attended by Miguel Primo de Rivera and the US ambassador Ogden H. Hammond.

Monument to the Discovery Faith

The Monument to the Discovery Faith (Spanish: Monumento a la Fe Descubridora), popularly known as el Monumento a Colón ("the Monument to Columbus") is a monument in Huelva, Spain. It is a work by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Funded via a popular subscription in the United States channeled by the Columbus Memorial Fund Inc., the monument, 37-metre high, was built from 1927 to 1929. Erected on the Punta del Sebo, the confluence of the Tinto and Odiel rivers, it was inaugurated on 21 April 1929, during a ceremony attended by Miguel Primo de Rivera and the US ambassador Ogden H. Hammond.