Mexico City: Monuments and Statues
Places and attractions in the Monuments and statues category
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Monumento a la Independencia
Iconic War of Independence monument The Monumento a la Independencia, commonly known as El Ángel, is an iconic landmark that towers over Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, Mexico. This grandiose statue and column, inaugurated in 1910, commemorates Mexico's hard-won struggle for independence from...
El Caballito
El Caballito is an iconic sculpture located in the heart of Mexico City, Mexico. This impressive piece of art stands as a testament to the rich cultural heritage and historical significance of the area. The sculpture depicts a robust, abstract horse and is a well-known...
Monument to Cuauhtémoc
The Monument to Cuauhtémoc is an 1887 monument dedicated to the last Mexica ruler of Tenochtitlan Cuauhtémoc, located at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes and Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City.
Fuente de la Diana Cazadora
The Huntress Diana Fountain is a monumental fountain of Diana located in the roundabout at Paseo de la Reforma and Río Misisipí and Sevilla streets, on the border of the Colonia Cuauhtémoc and Colonia Juárez neighborhoods of Mexico City.
Mother's Monument
The Mother's Monument, or Monument to the Mother, is a monument commemorating Mexican mothers, installed in Mexico City, inaugurated on May 10, 1949.
Estela de Luz
The Estela de Luz is a monument in Mexico City built in 2011 to commemorate the bicentenary of Mexico's independence from Spanish rule.
Torres de Satélite
The Torres de Satélite are a group of sculptures located in the Ciudad Satélite district of Naucalpan, State of Mexico. One of the country's first urban sculptures of great dimensions, had its planning started in 1957 with the ideas of renowned Mexican architect Luis Barragán, painter Jesús Reyes Ferreira and sculptor Mathias Goeritz.
Fountain to Bartolomé de las Casas
The Fountain to Bartolomé de las Casas is installed since 1924 outside the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, in Mexico. The statue of de las Casas was designed by José Fernández Urbina.
País de volcanes
País de volcanes is an outdoor fountain and sculpture by the Spanish-born Mexican artist Vicente Rojo Almazán, installed outside Mexico City's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Building and next to the Memory and Tolerance Museum, in Mexico.
Obelisco a los Niños Héroes
The Obelisco a los Niños Héroes is a monument installed in Chapultepec, Mexico City. The cenotaph was created in 1881 by architect Ramón Rodríguez Arangoity, one of the cadets captured in the Battle of Chapultepec. The marble cenotaph was a typical nineteenth-century monument.
Fuente de los Cántaros
Fuente de los Cántaros is an outdoor fountain and sculpture of an indigenous woman in Mexico City's Parque México, in Mexico, created by José María Hernández Urbina in 1927, and restored in 2008.
Niñopa
The Niñopa or Niñopan is the most venerated image of the Child Jesus in the Mexico City borough of Xochimilco. It was created over 430 years ago in the San Bernardino monastery, as part of evangelization efforts. Since then it has been in the possession of the community.
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