The Santa Maria

Full name: La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción.
Less than 5 minutes down to the river is situated the Pier of the Caravels, a museum with replicas of the three ships that participated in the discovery of America: La Niña, La Pinta and La Santa Maria. The replicas were built in 1992 to celebrate the 500 anniversary. This is a shot of the Santa Maria.

Many thanks for your views, comments and fav's on yesterday's picture. Very much appreciated.

[Diana]

A magnificent ship! Just to imagine what she all experienced leaves one in awe.

[Carole Sandford]

Oh this has brought back a memory for me! When I was at junior school, I took part in a singing festival ( we are talking about 46 yrs ago) & there was a song about Christopher Columbus & his three ships the Pinta, the Nina & the Santa Maria. I don’t remember the words other than the chorus. This boat doesn’t look big enough to have achieved what it did! Amazing.

[Mave]

I remember singing that song too. Lovely shot.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Amazing old ship , and like @carole_sandford @mave I remember vaguely of the song !

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Great capture fv!

[sally agnew]

Fabulous looking boat :)

[Margo]

good shot

[Babs]

So interesting. It looks like a pirate ship.

[Ivan]

Love this shot,angle, timbers, rigging, shields, and the cloudy, misty atmosphere. Fav!

[Batya]

Until I saw the name, I thought it was a pirate ship.

[gloria jones]

Super capture of this ship...nice composition to see the lines

[Joyce]

Fantastic replica. I wonder what it's like inside Fav

[Call me Joe]

👍👍👍

[tony gig]

Lovely Ship and shot Dione.

[KWind]

Great capture!

[carol white]

A lovely replica and capture. Fav!! 😀

[4rky]

Great capture.
Do they ever let the sails down?

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Our shared history! I remember reading about how small the ships were- but this shot really shows it.

[Chris H]

Beautiful replica and a lovely shot.

[Suzanne]

Fabulous shot, they did a great job

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture.

[CC Folk]

Amazing what those 3 ships achieved and overcame on that journey!!! Fav.

[Diane]

How neat! Great shot.

[Susan.T.]

Very cool shot,they are so big.
Nicely taken.