Santa Monica, Stone statue in Santa Monica, US.

Santa Monica is a cast-cement Art Deco sculpture of Saint Monica of Hippo by Eugene Morahan, about 10 ft tall, standing on a concrete base of roughly 6 ft. The robed, hooded figure holds its hands together at the chest, and the stepped base bears the words SANTA MONICA on its lowest broad tier. It stands on a patch of grass in Palisades Park above the Pacific.

The cast-cement Saint Monica was funded by the early Public Works of Art Project, a New Deal program, and commissioned by California regional director Merle Armitage; the city paid for the materials. It was dedicated on May 4, 1935, during a "Pioneer Days" event with music by the Santa Monica Municipal Band. Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum came to Santa Monica to help his friend Morahan finish the piece before the unveiling.

The city takes its name from Saint Monica of Hippo: in 1769 Father Juan Crespí, visiting the Tongva Sacred Springs nearby, was reminded of her tears for her son Augustine by the scattered pools of flowing water. The Rancho Boca de Santa Monica and Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, and later the city, kept the saint's name. The sculpture shows the city's namesake in Palisades Park.

The sculpture stands in Palisades Park along the ocean bluff, at the western end of Wilshire Boulevard, where the road meets the park. The ground around the base is grass with pale concrete edging, so the footing is uneven; the park paths and the nearby ocean overlooks are reached on foot. The site is open to passersby at any hour.

The statue was used as the cover image of W. W. Robinson's 1950 history of Santa Monica. Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum came to Santa Monica to help his friend Morahan finish the piece before the May 4, 1935 unveiling.