Its That Way
by Joan Carroll
Title
Its That Way
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
You can ride an elevator up the Columbus Monument in Barcelona Spain, but the observation area is behind the fleur-de-lis-type shapes (below the actual statue). It's a very cramped space. To actually take a picture from the observation deck you have to go through some contortions to position the camera in an open area AND to get in the scene that you want. The elevator up only fits a few people at a time and the lines can get quite long in summer time. In January, I walked right in! The view is quite good, since the monument is 60 m (197 ft) tall. It is located at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona,Catalonia, Spain right on the waterfront. It was constructed for the Exposicion Universal de Barcelona (1888) in honor of Columbus first voyage to the Americas. The monument serves as a reminder that Christopher Columbus reported to Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand V in Barcelona after his first trip to the new continent. The statue was sculpted by Rafael Atché and is said to depict Columbus pointing towards the New World with his right hand, while holding a scroll in the left. It is a commonly held belief that instead of pointing to the west towards the New World, the statue points east towards Columbus's supposed home city of Genoa. This, however, is not true, as the statue points south-southeast. It is more likely that the statue is situated in the current way simply to have Columbus point out to sea underscoring his achievements in naval exploration.
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March 26th, 2014
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