This sculpture depicts the Italian explorer and navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano (c. 1485-1528). He is known for being the first European to have entered New York Bay. Verrazzano wrote a journal based on his travels across the ocean. This document later served to help other explorers such as Henry Hudson.
Faces on the Giovanni Da Verrazzano Statue in Central Park
North in Battery Park on the entrance pathway
2021
Italian explorer and navigator
2021
Charles Barsotti organized public subscription; work donated by artist
2027
The first European known to have entered New York Bay, in 1524
2021
A bronze female allegorical figure representing discovery
An elaborate granite pedestal with side volutes
On sighting the mouth of the harbor, he later described “a very agreeable site located between two hills between which flowed to the sea a very great river.”
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1950
A wreath has been placed in front of the monument, January 1950
1920
Aquarium and statue of Verrazzano, Battery Park in 1920