Night Madrid. Columbus square (Plaza de Colón)
I started my second evening photo shoot in Madrid at the Columba square, where the Recoletos and Castellana boulevards, Goya and Genoa streets converge.
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The Towers Of Columbus (Torre Colon). Residents of Madrid consider this building the ugliest structure in the city.
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To the right of the massive glass box, the elegant building of the Crédit Agricole Bank, decorated with a clock tower, is brightly illuminated.
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The monument to Christopher Columbus was opened in October 1882, on the occasion of the four-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. The authors of the monument are Arturo Mélida and jerónimo Suñol.
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Высота монумента 17 метров, он выглядит впечатляюще даже на фоне небоскреба.
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Until 2009, the monument stood in the South-Eastern corner of the square, where only the pool of the fountain remained, and a round pedestal with steps - a wonderful place from which you can make a circular panorama of the square.
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And the beginning of Recoletos Boulevard.
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From the East, the square is bordered by the garden of Discovery (Jardines del Descubrimiento), where there is a modern monument to the Discovery of America by Joaquin Vaquero Turcios, opened in 1977.
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