Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangioliano (photo above) embarrassed himself with a statement about the sailor and American explorer Christopher Columbus, who came from Genoa.
At a cultural event in Taormina, Sicily, the minister claimed that “Columbus wanted to circumnavigate the earth to reach India, based on the theories of Galileo Galilei.” However, the polymath was not born in Pisa until 1564, while Columbus embarked on his first voyage to America in August 1492.
“Minister of Culture who has no idea”
“For Sangiuliano, Christopher Columbus was not only a great sailor, but also a clairvoyant,” said Green Party leader Angelo Bonelli. “I would give Sangiuliano a good history book. We have a Minister of Culture who has no knowledge of history.”
In April, the Minister of Culture was criticized from within the ruling party “Fratelli d’Italia” (Brothers of Italy – FdI) for making a mistake in presenting a new archaeological promenade in the center of Rome.
Times Square ‘moved’ to London
Sangiuliano claimed at the time that Times Square was in London and not New York. In a statement, he later attributed the mistake to the emotions of the moment. At the same time, the politician expressed his intention to be more careful in the future.
Christopher Columbus, originally from Genoa, was an Italian sailor in Castilian service who wanted to find a western sea route to India across the Atlantic Ocean and reached an island in the Bahamas in October 1492, and subsequently other Caribbean islands. Instead of finding India, this was the discovery of America.
Source: Krone
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