Monuments in Barcelona

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Monuments in Barcelona
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• Columbus Monument
• It is a 60 m (197 ft) tall landmark to
  Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La
  Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was
  developed for the Exposición Universal de
  Barcelona (1888) out of appreciation for
  Columbus' first journey to the Americas. The
  landmark fills in as an update that Christopher
  Columbus answered to Queen Isabella I and King
  Ferdinand V in Barcelona after his first outing
  to the new mainland.

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• The curve is worked in rosy brickwork in the
  Neo-Mudéjar style. The front frieze contains the
  stone figure Barcelona rep les nacions (Catalan
  for "Barcelona invites the countries") by Josep
  Reynés. The contrary frieze contains a stone
  cutting entitled Recompensa ("Recompense"), a
  work from Josep Llimona's most punctual period,
  speaking to the conceding of grants to the
  members in the World Exposition. The friezes at
  the edges of the curve incorporate purposeful
  anecdotes of farming and industry by Antoni
  Vilanova and of exchange and craftsmanship by
  Torquat Tassó. The two mainstays of the curve
  highlight bats cut in stone, which were the token
  of King Jaume I, who managed over a time of
  flourishing in Monuments in Barcelona