San Juan Statue of Columbus

Description

Christopher Columbus statue in a plaza in San Juan. Columbus is represented carrying a banner with a cross and is stands¡ing on a column with grooves and a base with moldings and scrolls. Around the square you can see a light post and buildings with roofs, balconies, railings, balustrades, semicircular arches and awnings.

Origin Name	57.55 San Juan Statue of Columbus copy
Relation	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín > Colección Menonitas > Amos E. Kreider
Geographical Coverage	San Juan
Date	[19--]
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries Old San Juan and it's Periphery: Old San Juan Architectura in Puerto Rico: Public Squares
Architectural Subject	Old towns Statues Monuments Squares (open spaces) Appentices (buildings) Roofing tile Semicircular arches Balconies Railings (balustrades) Balustrades Windows Scrolls (motifs) Moldings (object components) Fluting Columns (architectural elements) Lampposts
Decolonial Subject	Colonialism Hispanophilia
Rights	The PRAHA does not own the rights to this resource. The user must contact the repository or archive that holds the physical document to determine the restrictions that may apply under the Copyright and Intellectual Property Law or by agreements agreed with donors.
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image