11 Curious Facts - The Birth of the New World (Statue of Columbus) the Tallest Statue in America

#Puertorico #travel #isladelencanto The Birth of the New World is a 110 meter tall statue that stands on the Atlantic coast of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. It was completed in 2016. It is the largest statue in America. Art List Music. Here the link to get Two Months Free. Attached Link https://artlist.io/Carmelo-1991097 You can follow us on the following pages: Nature Xrays -   / naturexrays   Aventurate -   / 1471257239657611   Moreofyourstylepr -   / moreofyourstyle-puerto-rico-802443546496593   History It was designed by the Georgian-born Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the first voyage to America. The statue shows Christopher Columbus with a rudder and in the background representations of the three caravels: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa María, crossing the Atlantic Ocean.[3] Tsereteli offered the Birth of the New World to the cities of Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, New York and Columbus (Ohio), but none of those cities accepted it because they considered it too big. The statue gathered the derogatory nicknames "Chris Kong" and "From Russia with Ugh" while searching for a site.[4] In 1998, Edwin "Amolao" Rivera Sierra, mayor of the municipality of Cataño in Puerto Rico, decided to acquire the monument. Despite having been donated by Tsereteli, the cost of importing the statue was 2.4 million dollars, all of which was assumed from the public treasury with the approval of Governor Pedro Rosselló.[5] The height of the monument raised concerns that it would interfere with air traffic to the nearby Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. Ultimately, the Puerto Rico Port Authority denied Cataño the necessary permits to proceed, citing "security concerns." The central government decided to stop providing funds for the project. The unassembled pieces remained in storage near Cataño Bay for several years. Rivera Sierra's successor, Wilson Soto, declared that the municipality would not invest public funds in the project. At this time, some of the pieces were beginning to show signs of rust, and the pieces cost $1.6 million a year to store, not including the salaries of several security guards. On August 16, 2008, the municipality confirmed that Nacimiento del Nuevo Mundo had been transferred to Holland Group Port Investment (HGPI), a private group that participated in the development of the Port of Mayagüez. Soto justified the action by claiming that simply storing the pieces was costing the public treasury $4 million, and that Cataño could not afford a project that would exceed $100 million. HGPI was unable to fulfill its plan in time, citing disinterest by the municipal government, and the statue was reassigned to a different project. Arecibo became a favorite, and Mayor Lemuel Soto began the permitting process for a project that would combine the statue with other attractions, such as the Arecibo Observatory. However, the municipality faced competition; Representative David Bonilla Cortés requested that the statue be assembled on Isla Desecheo[5] and the newly elected mayor of Cataño, José Rosario, proposed using the statue as part of an ecological park to be built in the swampy region of Ciénaga las Cucharillas.[ 9] San Juan also tentatively considered the project, but lost interest due to the condition of the pieces.[10] Ultimately, Tseretelli decided it was "too late" to consider other locations and settled on Arecibo. However, once there, the monument faced more controversy, this time by activists who condemned Columbus's role in opening the door to the genocide of indigenous peoples by Europeans and by groups who opposed his impact on the maritime-terrestrial zone. .[11]​ In June 2012, the first pieces began to arrive at Barrio Islote in Arecibo.[12] The Birth of the New World became the main attraction of a tourism project called Parque Temático Colón (Columbus Theme Park) (later renamed Terravista ParkLand) developed by Pan American Grain, which management expected would produce $4.6 million in revenue per year and hire 900 new employees. The assembly investment was now estimated at 98 million, with only the reclassification of the area that prevented the project from advancing. This process was completed in January 2013.[13] On February 11, 2014, a contemporary Taíno movement, called the Movimiento Indígena Jíbaro Boricua, joined other anti-Columbian factions in protest at the imminent erection of the monument.[14] #boricua #beach #caribbean #summer #sanjuan #island #tropical #playa #vacation #statue