Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Angel of Independence
The Angel of Independence, most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia, is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma in downtown Mexico City. El Ángel was built in 1910 during the presidency of Porfirio Díaz by architect Antonio Rivas Mercado, to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence. In later years, it was made into a mausoleum for the most important heroes of that war.
- City
- Cuauhtémoc
- Country
- Mexico
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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