Monumento a la Madre, Guadalajara

Not to be confused with Mother's Monument.
Monumento a la Madre
The statue in 2011
Map
Year1956
MediumBronze
SubjectMother
LocationGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Coordinates20°41′20.6″N 103°20′9″W / 20.689056°N 103.33583°W / 20.689056; -103.33583

The Monumento a la Madre (transl. Monument to the Mother) is installed in Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.[1] It features an indigenous woman looking at the sky while she covers her child.[1] It is a bronze statue that lies on a volcanic rock base.[2] It lies along Plaza 10 de Mayo and it was inaugurated in 1956.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Carrillo, Alejandra (10 May 2015). "Monumento a la Madre: 10 de mayo en la Calzada". La Crónica Jalisco (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ Ávila, José Carlos. "Monumentos a la Madre". Revista Buen Viaje (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ Esquivel, Ricardo (10 May 2017). "Top Monumentos a la Madre más destacados de México". Revista Ferrepat (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2021.


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