Estela de Luz

The Estela de Luz is a monument in built in 2011 to commemorate the bicentenary of 's independence from Spanish rule. Its design was the winning entry in an invited competition to seek the best combination of Mexico's past and future; the design uses quartz and electric lighting to achieve this effect.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapultepec and Centro de Cultura Digital.

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is principal park, "the green lung of the city". This hill has been important throughout the city's history as the perch of fortresses and palaces, and the manicured forest surrounding it now holds many of Mexico's greatest cultural treasures.

Arts center
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The Centre of Digital Culture is a multifunctional cultural complex in with the vocation to activities of digital art, as well as the promotion of "expressive forms in the digital world" and "his influence in the cultural and artistic life of the country".

Museum
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The is a museum dedicated to modern Mexican art located in Park in . The museum is part of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura and provides exhibitions of national and international contemporary artists. is situated 380 metres west of Estela de Luz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Seoul and Condesa.

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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or La is an area in the borough of , south of Zona Rosa and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square.

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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.

Estela de Luz

Latitude
19.42294° or 19° 25′ 23″ north
Longitude
-99.17585° or 99° 10′ 33″ west
Inception
January 7th, 2012
Height
104 metres (341 feet)
Open location code
76F2CRFF+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 311593047
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q8843219
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Estela de Luz” goes by many names.

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