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
  • Also known as: “Monumento a Colon” and “哥伦布纪念像”
  • Inscription: “Cristóbal Colón”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Monumento a la Revolución and Ecobici 10.

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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.

Bike rental
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is a bike rental.

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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.

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 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.

Monument to Christopher Columbus

Latitude
19.43309° or 19° 25′ 59″ north
Longitude
-99.15475° or 99° 9′ 17″ west
Established
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”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monumento a Colón (Mexico by)”
  • Norwegian: “Monumento a Colón”
  • Slovenian: “Spomenik Krištofu Kolumbu, Ciudad de Mexico”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Colón”
  • Turkish: “Kristof Kolomb Anıtı”

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