Last updated: July 9, 2025
Place
Columbus Fountain
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Quick Facts
Location:
Washington, DC
Amenities
2 listed
Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Public Transit
The Columbus Fountain features a statue of Christopher Columbus, a globe, and figures representing the old and new worlds. Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer who in 1492 sailed west in the Atlantic Ocean for the Spanish monarchy, opening the age of European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Sculptor: Lorado Taft
Inscriptions
To the Memory of Christopher Columbus Whose High Faith and Indomitable Courage Gave to Mankind a New World
Born MCDXXXVI
Died MDIV