The 12-meter sculpture by Jaume Plensa, called Julia, came to the Plaza de Colón in December 2018.
The famous sculptor’s work, with the sponsorship of the María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation and the collaboration of Madrid City Council,
rests on the pedestal that used to be occupied by the statue of the Genoese navigator and will initially remain there until December 2024.

Made from polyester resin and white marble dust, Julia is the first sculpture of this kind by Plensa to be shown in Spain.

Since Spain's National Day in 2001, the world's largest Spanish flag—14m x 21m (46 x 69 ft)—294 square meters (3164 square feet)—has flown from a flagpole in Plaza de Colón that is 50 m (164 ft) high.