The is an outdoor marble monument in the city of Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It stands along the edge of MarÃÂa Luisa Park and was inaugurated on 12 October 1929âÂÂthe (Columbus Day). The monument has written part of the 1905 poem "", by Nicaraguan poet Rubén DarÃÂo (1867âÂÂ1916).
The idea for the originated with the organizers of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. Luis RodrÃÂguez Caso, the exposition's main organiser, proposed building a concrete column in Seville's Triana neighbourhood. His plan included restaurants and a viewing platform at the top, both accessible by lifts.
Santiago Martnez created the final memorial project and it was inaugurated on 12 October 1929, the DÃÂa de la Hispanidad (the Spanish-speaking equivalent of Columbus Day). It is located t is located on Avenida Isabel la Católica, within MarÃÂa Luisa Park, near the north tower of the Seville's Plaza de España.
In the middle of 2018, the Seville Urban Planning Management Agency carried out a restoration of the monument.
The is a marble stele.
The poem "" (1905), written by Nicaraguan poet Rubén DarÃÂo (1867âÂÂ1916), is inscribed in bronze across the monument as a salutation to Hispanic Americans.