[1] Luis Rodríguez Caso, the main organiser, proposed placing a 100 metres (330 ft) high concrete columnin Seville's Triana neighbourhood.

[2] Santiago Martnez created the final project and it was inaugurated on 12 October 1929—the Día de la Hispanidad (the Spanish-speaking version of Columbus Day).

[1] It is located in Isabel la Católica Avenue, in María Luisa Park, near the north tower of the Seville's Plaza de España.

[1] The poem "Salutación del optimista" (1905), written by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío (1867–1916), is inscribed in bronze across the monument as a salutation to Hispanic Americans.

[1] Inscription (in Spanish)Ínclitas razas ubérrimas, sangre de Hispania fecunda, espíritus fraternos, luminosas almas, ¡salve!Inscription (in English)Illustrious, most fruitful races, fecund blood of Hispania, fraternal spirits, lumious souls, greetings!