Statue of Christopher Columbus (Philadelphia)
A statue of Christopher Columbus is installed in Marconi Plaza, 2848 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)[1][2], inside a railing that bears wire art of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. Emanuele Caroni, Sculptor (1876).
Antonio Isoleri, the second pastor of the first Italian church in the United States and the prototype for all Italian parishes in Philadelphia that came afterward, St. Mary Magdalen dePazzi[3]: 257 , organized for the erection of this statue of Christopher Columbus, the first in Philadelphia, in Fairmount Park, and for a celebration[3]: 97 . Isoleri, calling for unity among Italians in America[3]: 316 utilized the explorer to provide people that were divided by their various regional ethnicities with a hero from a common heritage that generated shared pride[3]: 60, 140 .
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References
- ^ https://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/06/16/open-carry-philadelphia-columbus-statue/
- ^ https://6abc.com/community-events/pro-police-rally-held-at-columbus-statue-in-south-philadelphia/6250144/
- ^ a b c d Juliani, Richard N. Priest, Parish, and People : Saving the Faith in Philadelphia's "Little Italy". University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 978-0-268-03265-4.
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