Let me clear up a few things about the 7.2m/24′ tall statue sitting atop the 40m/131′ column making up the Columbus Monument at Barcelona harbor on the end of La Ramblas. Columbus was born in Genoa so all the theories that he was a Catalan are wrong. He did however recuperate here after he completed his first voyage of American discovery. And it was here that King Ferdinand & Queen Isabela awarded him with the rank of ” Admiral of the Ocean”.
Point #2: Columbus is not pointing back to his home in Genoa or the New World. For some reason he is pointing to Constantine, Algeria.
Copy & Paste this link to identify all the statues and panels that adorn the Monument.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Monument,_Barcelona#Description
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