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Christopher Columbus Monument

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    June 23, 2023

    This monument, which was erected beside the Corrib river near the Spanish Arch in Galway city, was presented to Galway by the city of Genoa in 1992 to commemorate both the 500th anniversary of the voyage to the New World and the visit of Columbus to Galway in 1477.

    In the margin of his copy of Imago Mundi, Columbus noted: "Men of Cathay have come from the west. [Of this] we have seen many signs. And especially in Galway in Ireland, a man and a woman, of extraordinary appearance, have come to land on two tree trunks [or timbers? or a boat made of such?]"

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