| Statue of Christopher Columbus | |
| Italic Title: | no |
| Artist: | Mario Zamora |
| Medium: | Bronze sculpture |
| Subject: | Christopher Columbus |
| Height Imperial: | 6 |
| Width Imperial: | 3 |
| Length Imperial: | 2 |
| Metric Unit: | m |
| Imperial Unit: | ft |
| City: | Chula Vista, California, U.S. |
| Mapframe: | yes |
A statue of Christopher Columbus by Mario Zamora was installed in Chula Vista, California's formerly named Discovery Park, in the United States. The statue has been vandalized multiple times.[1] [2] It was removed and placed into storage in June 2020.[3] The park named after Columbus's so-called "discovery" of America was renamed in 2022.[4]
The statue was installed in 1991 as part of the Columbus Quincentenary.[5] It was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.
The memorial depicts Christopher Columbus with his arms crossed over his chest and holding a telescope. The bronze sculpture measures approximately 6 x 3 x 2 ft and rests on a 6-ft tall granite base with a 6-ft diameter. A plaque reads: "Columbus found a world, and had no chart / save one that faith deciphered in the skies / to trust the soul's invincible surmise / was all his science and his only art / George Santayana / Dedicated to the people of Chula Vista by the Rancho Del Rey partnership / a joint venture between McMillin Communities and Home Capital".[6]