The Puerta de los Leones is defined by two bronze lion sculptures resting atop marble plinths, marking the main entrance to the first section of Chapultepec Park. The gateway features a central cast-iron gate adorned with a relief of an…
Paseo de la Reforma Walk
This walk takes you down Mexico City's most iconic boulevard to see its historic monuments and roundabouts.
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1. Puerta de los Leones
2. Diana the Huntress Fountain
The Diana the Huntress Fountain features a bronze female figure aiming a bow toward the sky, standing atop a circular stone pedestal at the center of a busy traffic circle on Paseo de la Reforma. Inaugurated in nineteen forty-two during a…
3. The Angel of Independence
The Angel of Independence is a golden statue of a winged woman standing atop a tall, stone column in the middle of a roundabout on the Paseo de la Reforma. She holds a laurel wreath in her right hand and a broken chain in her left,…
4. Glorieta del Ahuehuete
The Glorieta del Ahuehuete is a prominent traffic roundabout on Paseo de la Reforma, recognizable by the single, towering Montezuma cypress tree standing at its center. This circle was included in the original eighteen sixty-five plan for…
5. Monument to Cuauhtémoc
The Monument to Cuauhtémoc stands as a tall stone pedestal topped by a bronze statue of the last Aztec emperor, identifiable by his elaborate ceremonial penacho and the spear he carries. Dedicated in eighteen eighty-seven, the monument is…
6. Glorieta de las mujeres que Luchan
The Glorieta de las mujeres que luchan is a circular intersection on Paseo de la Reforma distinguished by a purple steel sculpture of a woman with her left fist raised in the air. This space occupies the former location of a long-standing…
7. El Caballito.
El Caballito is a twenty-eight-meter-tall steel sculpture by the artist Sebastián that depicts a stylized, yellow-enameled horse head. Dedicated in nineteen ninety-two, it stands along the Paseo de la Reforma, a prominent avenue in Mexico…