Description
Obelisk with a relief portrait. The obelisk s on a square pedestal with is engraved on four sides with hundreds of names of Italians. Around the obelisk are four granite benches, with inscriptions.
Inscription(s)
Front of the obelisk:
CRISTOFORO
COLOMBO
1492 - 1991
ONORATE
I VOSTRI
GENITORI.
PRESENTED TO THE
CITY OF NORWICH
BY THE
ITALIAN-AMERICAN
CITIZENS ON THE 500TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY
CRISTOFORO COLOMBO
DEDICATED 1992.
On the benches:
(1) DEDICATED TO ALL NORWICH ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS
BY THE COLUMBUS MONUMENT COMMITTEE.
(2) IN HONOR OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
UNITED ITALIAN SOCIETY OF NORWICH, CT.
(3) IN HONOR OF THE ITALIAN AMERICAN
WAR VETERANS MICHAEL J. QUARTO POST #20
(4) IN HONOR OF THE ITALIAN WOMEN OF NORWICH
SPONSORED BY THE ITALIAN WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB.
Annotation
In front of Norwich Free Academy.
Sculptor
- Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.
Sources & Information
- I knew about the monument because it is mentioned on the webpage of the Norwich Free Academy, Campus Information
Tags
Locatie (N 41°32'9" - W 72°4'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: usct15; Photograph: 20 October 2001
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