Paseo de la Reforma y Niza, Col. Juarez, Cuauhtemoc Mexico Mexico
Status:
built
Construction Dates
Began
1901
Finished
1910
Floor Count
2
Basement Floors
1
Building Uses
- monument
Structural Types
- pole
- pod
- statue
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Spire
148 ft
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height to the top of sculpture
Roof
126 ft
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Top floor
118 ft
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Description Architect: Antonio Rivas Mercado
Engineering: Roberto Gayol, Gonzalo Garita, Miguel Gorozpe, Guillermo Beltrán y Puga, Manuel Marroquín y Rivera.
Sculptures: Enrique Alciati
On July 28th of 1957 The Main Sculpture was severious damaged when came down on the earthquake, the monument was reinforced & repaired and the internal 159-steps stone stairways was replaced with a 200-steps steel stairway, the sculpture was replaced with a new one identical on bronze, 24 carat gold plated.
Since their construction the monument "grows" their main height from the city level (almost 3 meters).
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