Central Mexico
Mexico City
Cuauhtémoc Borough

Monument to Christopher Columbus

The Monument to Christopher Columbus is a statue by French sculptor Charles Cordier first dedicated in 1877. It was originally located on a major traffic roundabout along 's Paseo de la Reforma, and was removed on 10 October 2020 in advance of protests.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Statue in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Inscription: “Cristóbal Colón”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monumento a la Revolución and Monument to Cuauhtémoc.

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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 . is situated 340 metres north of Monument to Christopher Columbus.

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The 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 . is situated 500 metres southwest of Monument to Christopher Columbus.

Museum
Photo: Secretaría de Cultura Ciudad de México, CC BY 2.0.
is a museum, which is situated 340 metres north of Monument to Christopher Columbus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia Juárez and Zona Rosa.

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.

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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
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is a traditional neighborhood located in the Cuauhtémoc municipality of now part of colonia Guerrero close to and La Lagunilla.

Monument to Christopher Columbus

Latitude
19.43309° or 19° 25′ 59″ north
Longitude
-99.15475° or 99° 9′ 17″ west
Inception
1877
Open location code
76F2CRMW+63
Open­Street­Map ID
way 176477103
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q5801988
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Monument to Christopher Columbus” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “克里斯托弗·哥伦布纪念像”
  • Chinese: “哥伦布纪念像”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monumento a Colón (Mexico by)”
  • Norwegian: “Monumento a Colón”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Colon”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Colón”
  • Turkish: “Kristof Kolomb Anıtı”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monument to Christopher Columbus”. Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.