| Statue of Christopher Columbus | |
| Italic Title: | no |
| Subject: | Christopher Columbus |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
A statue of Christopher Columbus stands in the Bayfront Park of Miami, Florida, United States.[1]
The statue itself was sculpted by Count Vittorio di Colbertaldo (1902-1979) of Verona,[2] one of Benito Mussolini's hand picked ceremonial bodyguards known as the "Black Musketeers."[3] [4] Colbertaldo doubled as the Musketeers's sculptor, producing statues which commemorated the organization. A second Columbus statue done by Colbertaldo was in San Francisco until its removal in 2020.[5]
The statue was vandalized in June 2020 during the George Floyd protests.[6]