Estela de Luz
The Estela de Luz is a monument in Mexico City built in 2011 to commemorate the bicentenary of Mexico'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.- Tourist attraction
- …stands 104 metres (341 feet) tall
- Description: monument in Mexico City
- Established: January 7, 2012
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapultepec and Centro de Cultura Digital.
Chapultepec
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Estela de Luz
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Latitude
19.42294° or 19° 25′ 23″ north
Longitude
-99.17585° or 99° 10′ 33″ west
Open location code
76F2CRFF+5M
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OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Estela de Luz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إستيلا دي لوز”
- Catalan: “Estela de Luz”
- Catalan: “Monument a la corrupció”
- Catalan: “Suavicrema”
- Hungarian: “Estela de Luz”
- Norwegian: “Estela de Luz”
- Persian: “استلا د لوز”
- Spanish: “Arco Bicentenario”
- Spanish: “Arco del Bicentenario”
- Spanish: “Estela de Luz”
- Spanish: “Monumento a la Estela de Luz”
- Spanish: “Monumento de la Estela de Luz”
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