Description
Azulejo de la Arribada (Arrival tiled wall)
The Azulejo (tiled wall map), total 5.4 x 3 meters, made up of 180 tiles of 30 cm2, represents the routes Pinzón and Columbus took with caravels Pinta and Niña on their way back after discovering America - arriving to Baiona and Lisbon respectively.
Inscription(s)
"En esta playa carenó la carabela Pinta,
a su regreso de descubrir las Américas,
capitaneada por Martín Alonso Pinzón
el día 1 de marzo de 1493
Bayona fue el primer puerto del Viejo
Continente en conocer este glorioso hecho"
Bayona 1 de marzo de 1493
Lisboa 4 de marzo de 1493
Palos 15 de marzo de 1493
Annotation
The tiled wall map is placed on the arcade at A Ribeira promenades. The work was inaugurated on 28 February 1963, the day before the 470th anniversary of the Arrival.
Sources & Information
Tags
Locatie (N 42°7'16" - W 8°50'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: esga008;
Added: 16 December 2006
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