Statue in Mexico City, erected 1916
A statue of George Washington stands in Mexico City. It was presented as a gift to the city by the United States government in 1916.[1][2][3]
Since 1970, it has been located in the Parque Rosario Castellanos.[2]
An earlier sculpture of Washington by Pompeo Coppini in the same city was destroyed in 1914.[4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "George Washington Statue · Attractions". cdmxtravel.com. Secretaría de Turismo de CDMX. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ a b "George Washington Statue". Mexico City Travel. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ Gamboa Sánchez, Bernardo (2019-08-20). "Ruta por la Segunda Sección del Bosque de Chapultepec (para leer y caminar y ya)". local.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ "Texas' Unlucky Sculptor". Texas Co-op Power Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ Villasana, Carlos; Gómez, Ruth (2019-07-26). "Washington en la capital, símbolo de amistad". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
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