An 1876 statue of Christopher Columbus by Emanuele Caroni is installed in Marconi Plaza, 2848 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States), inside a railing that bears wire art of Columbus's three ships, the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

The Christopher Columbus Monument was originally erected on the Centennial Exposition grounds at the intersection of Fountain and Belmont Avenues, near the Conservatory[1] and dedicated on October 13, 1876[2] as a tribute from Italy to America.

The figure represents Columbus, in the costume of his age and clime, standing on a ship's deck, near his feet being an anchor, coils of rope, and a sailor's dunnage bag; his right hand resting on a globe, 15 in (380 mm) in diameter, with the New World outlined on the front face, and supported by a hexagonal column.

[4]: 97  Isoleri, calling for unity among Italians in America[4]: 316  utilized the explorer to provide people that were divided by their various regional ethnicities with a hero from a common heritage that generated shared pride.

[4]: 60, 140 On August 12, 2020, the Philadelphia Art Commission issued an order to remove the statue from Marconi Plaza and to place it in temporary storage.