Apparently not everyone wants Christopher Columbus towering over their homes.
So instead the explorer may find refuge on an uninhabited Puerto Rican island, the AP reports.
New York, Miami, Baltimore and other cities all didn't want a 600-ton bronze statue showing Columbus at the wheel with three sails billowing behind him.
Without a pedestal, the statue is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. It was built two decades ago by Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival in the New World.
Critics say Columbus' arms are too long, his head too small and his pose just silly, according to the AP.
But this is hardly the first time a larger-than-life statue has met ridicule from residents. For every David or Venus de Milo, there are plenty of odd, offensive or just plain ugly statues built all over the world:
The Puerto Rican Congress still has to decide to take the statue out of storage and install it on the tiny island of Desecheo.
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