Genoa maritime museum seeks possession of Columbus letter

May 21, 2016 1082

A state maritime museum in Christopher Columbus' birthplace of Genoa is challenging a Florence library to be the custodian of the recently returned 1493 letter in which the explorer described his voyages to Spanish royals. Maria Paola Profumo, the director of the Galata Sea Museum, told The Associated Press on Friday she wants to put the letter on display in a room with other important Columbus artifacts, including an urn with his ashes, where it can be both protected and on public view, not left out of sight in a library.


Profumo made her request, with the backing of city officials, in a letter Thursday to Culture Minister Dario Franceschini. The minister said at a ceremony announcing the letter's return from the United States that the document would be returned to the Riccardiana library in Florence, which was its home before it was replaced with a forgery.

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