#4 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/4/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:24:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png #4 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/4/ 32 32 Columbus Monument in Buenos Aires https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/columbus-monument-in-buenos-aires?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=columbus-monument-in-buenos-aires Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:42:16 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// The Monument to Christopher Columbus has caused great controversy as part of the heritage and historical memory of Argentina. Opinions were divided between his legacy as a discoverer of the ‘New World’ or as a ‘perpetrator of genocide.’ After several legal disputes, the monument is now located on the coast of the Río de La […]

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]]> The Monument to Christopher Columbus has caused great controversy as part of the heritage and historical memory of Argentina. Opinions were divided between his legacy as a discoverer of the ‘New World’ or as a ‘perpetrator of genocide.’ After several legal disputes, the monument is now located on the coast of the Río de La Plata, but until June 2013 it was in Parque Colón, between the Casa Rosada and Avenida de la Rábida.

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