THE COLUMBUS MONUMENT IN MADRID.
At the top of the Paseo de Recoletos is a monument to Columbus in the debased Gothic style of Ferdinand and Isabella. It was unveiled in 1885. The sides are ornamented with reliefs and the whole surmounted by a white marble statue. Among the sculptures are a ship and a globe, with the inscription:
Á Castilla y á Leon
Nuevo mundo dió Colon.
(Translation.)
To Castille and Leon
Columbus gave a new world.