An appellate court judge in Rochester overturned an earlier ruling about Syracuse’s Columbus monument last week, saying a lawsuit that would prevent the city from removing the statue was premature. The judge added the city had not gone through all the administrative steps needed for approval, yet. This decision could pave the way for city officials...

Onondaga County Supreme Court Judge Gerard Neri’s 2022 ruling that found the City of Syracuse did not have the legal authority to remove the controversial Christopher Columbus statue has been overturned. The Monument was given to the City of Syracuse in 1934 and placed in St. Mary’s Circle, where it has remained to date. In October 2020, following...

Workers from Greco Construction ensured mounting bolts and holes on the statue’s base and pedestal matched up.  A worker used a pallet jack to move the 6-foot-tall figure from the Francesco di Paola Catholic Church Garden to the park. The crane operator shifted gears to hoist the sculpture upon the 5-foot-tall base. With two hands, a site manager g...

There are countless books on Christopher Columbus, and it comes with good reason, he was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. “By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at h...

Columbus Citizens Foundation is pleased to announce details of our 79th Annual Columbus Celebration Weekend featuring our annual Gala, Wreath Ceremony, Mass, and Parade. The Foundation’s Gala Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City will be held on Saturday, October 7th. Each year it is a celebration of Italian American contributions to the...

On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in Rome, at the Ministry of Culture, a ceremony will take place to return an incunabulum from 1493 with which Christopher Columbus, on his return from the Americas, describes his voyage to the Spanish royalty. The bibliographic document was stolen before 1988 from the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice. Following in-depth inv...

We took advantage of her stopover in Marseille to discover the Amerigo Vespucci, Marina Militare's famous training ship. Despite more than 90 years of sailing around the world, the Amerigo Vespucci is still going strong and will once again cross the seas of the globe. The Amerigo Vespucci, Marina Militare's training ship and ambassador of Italian c...

Close to a year after a judge ruled that the Schenley Park Christopher Columbus statue could lawfully be removed, the statue remains in place. The monument has been covered over since 2020, but it has recently been sighted with large parts exposed. “It seemed like more and more of it was being uncovered, and now, the last time I went by… it was kin...

City leaders, through work with historians and architects and engagement with community members, will again wrestle with what to do about the towering statue of the man the city is named after. The conversations will be part of the Reimagining Columbus project, an overarching initiative the city announced to “promote diversity in the city’s public...

"In 1492, Columbus sailed the Ohio blue." Or something like that. A replica of the Pinta, one of Christopher Columbus' famed ships used during his 1492 transatlantic voyage, has once again docked at the Louisville Wharf. Visitors can take dockside tours of the ship starting Thursday through July 4 at at 131 W. River Road. The replica vessel, a Span...