2737 x 4132 px | 23,2 x 35 cm | 9,1 x 13,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
3 febbraio 2014
Ubicazione:
Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Altre informazioni:
The Angel of Independence (Spanish: El Ángel de la Independencia), most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia, is a victory column located on a roundabout over Paseo de la Reforma in downtown Mexico City. El Angel or Independence Angel was built to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence, celebrated in 1810. The 6.7 metres (22 ft) statue by Enrique Alciati of Nike, the Greek goddess of Victory, It is made of bronze, covered with 24k gold and weighs 7 tons. In her right hand the Angel, as it is commonly known, holds a laurel crown symbolizing Victory, while in her left she holds a broken chain, symbolizing Freedom. Construction of El Angel was ordered in 1900 by President Porfirio Díaz. The monument was ready for the festivities to commemorate the first hundred years of Mexican Independence in 1910.
