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.Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: sculpture in Mexico City
- Also known as: “Monument to Cuauhtemoc”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ecobici 8 and Monumento a la Revolución.
Monumento a la Revolución
Photo: Cvmontuy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monument to the Revolution is a memorial arch commemorating the Mexican Revolution. It is located in the Plaza de la República, near the heart of the major thoroughfares Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida de los Insurgentes in downtown Mexico City. Monumento a la Revolución is situated 730 metres northeast of Monument to Cuauhtémoc.
Angel of Independence
Photo: Cvmontuy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Angel of Independence, 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 Mexico City. Angel of Independence is situated 1 km southwest of Monument to Cuauhtémoc.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colonia Juárez and Zona Rosa.
Colonia Juárez
Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
Colonia Juárez is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. 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.
Zona Rosa
Photo: Virtual Raider, CC BY 2.0.
Zona Rosa is a business and entertainment district near the center of Mexico City. It is one of the city's most touristy areas, filled with hotels, dance clubs, restaurants, bars and live bands.
Little Seoul
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.
Monument to Cuauhtémoc
- Categories: sculpture, monument, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.43108° or 19° 25′ 52″ northLongitude
-99.15902° or 99° 9′ 33″ westOpen location code
76F2CRJR+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1111850577OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q6023002
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Monument to Cuauhtémoc” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Monument a Cuauhtémoc”
- Chinese: “夸乌特莫克纪念碑”
- Chinese: “库瓦赫特莫克纪念碑”
- Chinese: “庫瓦赫特莫克紀念碑”
- Chinese: “誇烏特莫克紀念碑”
- French: “monument à Cuauhtémoc”
- French: “Monument à Cuauhtémoc”
- Hungarian: “Cuauhtémoc-emlékmű”
- Indonesian: “Monumen untuk Cuauhtémoc”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monumento a Cuauhtémoc”
- Norwegian: “Monumento a Cuauhtémoc”
- Portuguese: “Monumento a Cuauhtémoc”
- Slovenian: “Spomenik Cuauhtémocu”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Cuauhtemoc”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Cuauhtémoc”
- Turkish: “Cuauhtémoc Anıtı”
- “Monument to Cuauhtémoc”
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