Monument to Christopher Columbus (Barcelona)

            The Columbus Monument is a 60 m (197 ft) tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla in Barcelona. It is a commonly held belief that the statue depict Columbus pointing towards the New World with his right hand or points east towards Columbus's supposed home city of Genoa. This, however, is not true, as the statue points south-southeast and in effect is pointing towards Algeria. It is more likely that the statue is situated in the current way simply to have Columbus point out to sea underscoring his achievements in naval exploration.
   

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Taken in: España / Catalunya / Barcelona / Ciutat Vella (show map)

Taken on: August 18, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D90, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, 200mm (=300mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	200mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
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