Colon Monument, Bronze monument in Buenavista, Mexico City, Mexico

The Monument to Christopher Columbus is a bronze standing figure of the navigator on a pedestal designed by Juan Agea, placed in a small plaza at the intersection of Buenavista and Héroes Ferrocarrileros. The pedestal bears the name of Catalan sculptor Manuel Vilar and the date 1858, when his plaster model was completed. The statue was cast in bronze in 1892 in Miguel Noreña's workshop by the Italian Tomás Carandente.

Plans for a Columbus statue dated to 1853, when José Bernardo Couto of the Academia de San Carlos proposed it; Manuel Vilar modelled it in plaster between 1856 and 1858. It was cast in bronze only in 1892, in Miguel Noreña's workshop by the Italian Tomás Carandente, and inaugurated on 12 October 1892 for the fourth centenary, with Porfirio Díaz present after a parade from the Palacio Nacional and speeches by Joaquín Baranda and Justo Sierra.

The pedestal engraving reads simply "To Christopher Columbus. 12 October 1892", with no reference to Spain; at the unveiling, speeches by Joaquín Baranda and Justo Sierra cast Columbus as a navigator rather than a conqueror. The 1892 festivities were organized by the Junta Colombina for the fourth centenary, and since 2012 the confined lane of Metrobús Line 4 runs alongside the monument.

The monument stands at the corner of Avenida Buenavista and Héroes Ferrocarrileros, in the Cuauhtémoc district, next to the old Buenavista railway station. Since 2012 the confined lane of Metrobús Line 4 runs alongside it, so the statue is seen from the bus corridor. The pedestal carries Vilar's name and the date 1858 at Columbus's feet.

The plaster model Manuel Vilar finished on 9 September 1858 is kept in Room 20 of the Museo Nacional de Arte. It waited decades for casting: the bronze was only poured in 1892, in Miguel Noreña's workshop, by the Italian founder Tomás Carandente.