Central Mexico
Mexico City
Cuauhtémoc Borough

Winged Victory

Winged Victory is a work of art in , . Winged Victory is situated nearby to the bike rental , as well as near .
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: sculpture that tops the Monument to the Independence of Mexico
  • Also known as: “Ángel de la Independencia”, “Angel of Independence”, and “El Ángel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapultepec and Angel of Independence.

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is a district of . "Chapultepec" means "Grasshopper Hill" in Nahuatl, the language of the "Aztecs". The hill and surrounding district has much significance in Mexican history.

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The , most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia, is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma in downtown .

Bike rental
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is a bike rental.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zona Rosa and Little Seoul.

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is a business and entertainment district located in a portion of Colonia Juárez, near the center of . It is one of the city's most touristy areas, filled with hotels, dance clubs, restaurants, bars and live bands.

Neighborhood
Pequeño Seúl is a Koreatown in Mexico City. Most of the city's Korean population lives in and around the Zona Rosa. According to the newspaper Reforma, there are at least 5,000 Koreans living in Zona Rosa and about 6,000 total in Colonia Juárez, the larger officially recognized neighborhood of which the Zona Rosa is a part of.

Neighborhood
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is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of . The neighborhood is shaped like a long triangle with the boundaries: Paseo de la Reforma on the north, Avenida Chapultepec on the south, and Eje 1 Poniente on the east.

Winged Victory

Latitude
19.427° or 19° 25′ 37″ north
Longitude
-99.16767° or 99° 10′ 4″ west
Open location code
76F2CRGJ+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11875045317
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q125700163
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Winged Victory” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Victòria alada”
  • Portuguese: “Victoria Alada”
  • Slovenian: “Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Slovenian: “Angel neodvisnosti”
  • Slovenian: “Angel”
  • Slovenian: “El Ángel”
  • Slovenian: “Krilata zmaga”
  • Slovenian: “Victoria Alada”
  • Spanish: “Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Spanish: “El Ángel”
  • Spanish: “Victoria Alada”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ecobici 17 and Ecobici 25.

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