Statue of Christopher Columbus (Newark, New Jersey)

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Statue of Christopher Columbus
Columbus in Washington Pk jeh.jpg
The statue in 2020
SubjectChristopher Columbus
LocationNewark, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates40°44′36.43″N 74°10′11.61″W / 40.7434528°N 74.1698917°W / 40.7434528; -74.1698917

A statue of Christopher Columbus was a memorial in Washington Park in Newark, New Jersey, United States within the James Street Commons Historic District. It made in Rome by Giuseppe Ciochetti and presented to the city by Newark's Italians in 1927.[1][2][3][4] The statue was removed (with pedestal left in place) in June 2020.[5]

A second statue of Columbus in Newark, also ordered removed by Mayor Was Baraka, was subsequently re-erected in Sussex County, New Jersey.[6]

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  1. ^ "Newark - Christopher Columbus Statue in Washington Park". vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Newark's Christopher Columbus". newarkhistory.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Newark - Christopher Columbus Statue in Washington Park". statues.vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  4. ^ "Christopher Columbus: Immortal Genoese; Newark, NJ".
  5. ^ NJ.com, Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for (2020-06-26). "Another Christopher Columbus statue removed from N.J. city park". nj. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  6. ^ "Italian-Americans Still Divided over Columbus as Newark Statue Relocated to Sussex County". 11 October 2021.
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