Must-see in Arecibo… thanks, Russian billionaire?

It is right in front of Mar Chiquita.  Ruining the most beautiful place on the island.

On Tuesday in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Zurab Tsereteli’s huge sculpture of Christopher Columbus was inaugurated.  At 350ft, Birth of a New World is not the tallest sculpture in existence. For example, Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit, in the London Olympic Park, is 25ft taller. But Tsereteli’s work is enormous, 45ft taller than the Statue of Liberty from pedestal to torch.


Source: Christopher Columbus statue welcomed in Puerto Rico after US cities rejected it | World news | The Guardian

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