Monumento a los Niños Héroes

The Monumento a los Niños Héroes ("Monument to the Boy Heroes"), officially Altar a la Patria ("Altar to the Homeland"), is a monument commemorating the Niños Héroes, installed in Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico.[1]

Monumento a los Niños Héroes
The monument in 2011
Location in Mexico City
Coordinates19.4215515°N 99.1794551°W / 19.4215515; -99.1794551
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Dedicated toNiños Héroes

Description and history

The six cadets are honored by an imposing monument made of Carrara marble by architect Enrique Aragón and sculptor Ernesto Tamariz at the entrance to Chapultepec Park (1952).[2] This semicircular monument with six columns, placed at what was the end of the Paseo de la Reforma, a major thoroughfare leading from the central square (Zócalo) to Chapultepec park. It contains a niche in each of its columns with an urn holding the remains of one of the cadets. In addition, the remains of Colonel Felipe Santiago Xicoténcatl[3][4] were placed in the center of the monument below the main statue. The monument is dedicated to the combatants against the United States invasion with the phrase: “To the Defenders of the Fatherland 1846-1847”. The monument's official name is Altar a la Patria (Altar to the Homeland), but it is better known as the Monumento a los Niños Héroes (Monument to the Boy Heroes) and many official texts use the popular name instead of the official name.[5]

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See also

References
  1. Cocking, Lauren. "A Guide To Mexico City's 15 Most Important Statues and Monuments". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  2. Espínola, Lorenza. "Los Niños Héroes, un símbolo" (in Spanish). Comisión Organizadora de la Conmemoración del Bicentenario del inicio del movimiento de Independencia Nacional y del Centenario del inicio de la Revolución Mexicana. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  3. "Obelisco a los Niños Héroes". Chapultepec Forest Commission. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  4. "ALTAR A LA PATRIA". Mexico City Government, Tourism Secretariat. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  5. Rodriguez O., Jaime E.; Vincent, Kathryn, eds. (June 1, 1997). Myths, Misdeeds, and Misunderstandings: The Roots of Conflict in U.S.-Mexican Relations (1st ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 99. ISBN 978-0842026628. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
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