Central Business District in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Gálvez Monument
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, July 15, 2009
1. Gálvez Monument Marker
Governor of Louisiana
1777 to 1785
The government of Spain donates this statue to the city of New Orleans to commemorate the bicentennial year of the independence of the United States to which the Spanish governor so decisively contributed.
Erected 1977 by Government of Spain.
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1777.
Location. 29° 56.985′ N, 90° 3.818′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in the Central Business District. It can be reached from Canal Street east of Royal Street when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 Canal Steet, New Orleans LA 70130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and monument is in Louisiana’s River Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, on the Gulf Coast, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Visit Historic Algiers Point (within shouting distance of this marker); Marcus Akinlana, Ayo Scott, Jessica Strahan, Ojo Akinlana, Ayodele Owolabi (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Holocaust (approx. 0.2 miles away); New Orleans Holocaust Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Raven Halfmoon (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Holocaust Memorial of the City of New Orleans
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Liberty Place Monument (was about 500 feet away but has been permanently removed).
More about this marker. Marker is at the foot of the memorial statue on the north side of the New Orleans World Trade Center building, east of Royal Street and west of the Algiers Ferry terminal on the Mississippi River.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. To better understand the relationship, study each marker in the order shown.
Also see . . . Wikipedia entry for Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez. (Submitted on October 30, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
Additional keywords. Viceroy of New Spain; Juan De Avalos, sculptor.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, July 15, 2009
2. Gálvez Monument
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, July 15, 2009
3. Gálvez Monument
Photographed by Wikipedia
4. Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Viscount of Galveston and Count of Gálvez
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, July 6, 2009
5. Don Bernardo de Gálvez: 1746 - 1786
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 4,167 times since then and 291 times this year. Last updated on March 24, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 30, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
