Benito Juárez Hemicycle
 The monument in 2010 | |
 Location | |
| 19°26′06″N 99°08′39″W / 19.4350°N 99.1442°W | |
| Location | Alameda Central park, Mexico City, Mexico |
|---|---|
| Designer | Guillermo Heredia |
| Type | Hemicycle |
| Material | Marble |
| Opening date | 1910 |
| Dedicated to | Benito Juárez |
The Benito Juárez Hemicycle is a
History
The construction began in 1906 it mark the centennial of Juárez's birth.[2] The engineers for the construction of the monument were assigned by Porfirio Díaz.[3] Statues were sculpted by the Italian artist Alessandro Lazzerini.[4]
The monument was dedicated on September 18, 1910.[1]
Style
It is Neoclassical style, semicircular, with strong Greek influence; it has twelve Doric columns, supporting an entablature and frieze structure of the same order. On both sides it has two golden spikes.
At the center is a sculpture composed of Benito Juarez seated with two allegories: one representing the homeland crowning Juarez with laurels in the presence of a second that represents the law in the basement has festoons, another sculpture center that chairs a republican eagle with open wings in a facing, with neoaztec frets, which lie two lions.
On the central pillar there is a medallion surrounded by a laurel, inscribed with the following;
"For the Meritorious Benito Juarez, the Homeland."
References
- ^ a b "Alameda Central: Mexico City's New Improved Central Park". 8 January 2016.
- ISBN 978-0292782976.
- ISBN 978-1612344263.
- ^ DBI