Monumento a la Revolución

The Monumento a la Revolución (Monument to the Revolution ) is a large building from the 1930s in the center of the Mexican capital Mexico City and honorary tomb of Mexican revolutionaries.

The 65 m high monument is located on the Plaza de La República in the Cuauhtémoc district. Three large main streets, Paseo de la Reforma, Avenida Puente de Alvarado and Avenida de los Insurgentes include the west of the Alameda Central Park which gives the district in which it is located. During the reign of President Porfirio Díaz was here in reference to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, has begun construction of a Legislative Palace, a large parliament building in the neoclassical style. It was based on the plans of the French architect Émile Bénard. The foundation stone of this was done in 1910, but in 1911 had the works to back due to the Mexican Revolution.

In the thirties, began with the demolition of the side wings. At the same time there was a rescheduling by the Mexican architect Carlos Obregón Santacilia. From the large parliament building only the steel skeleton of the crossing remained a domed hall left. This rests on four pillars, walk-in dome was completed in a modified form in a mixture of styles from Art Deco and Mexican Revolution Style 1932-1938. At the top of the ends of the four pillars designed by the sculptor Oliverio Martinez relief figures were attached. These represent the independence, reform laws ( " Leyes de Reforma " ), the agricultural and the working laws. In located under the pillars crypts were gradually transferred to the remains of the Mexican Revolution Sizes: 1942 by Venustiano Carranza, 1960 by Francisco Madero, 1969, Plutarco Elías Calles, 1970, Lázaro Cárdenas del Río and finally in 1976 by ​​Pancho Villa. In 1986, seven rooms in the basement of the monument to one Museo Nacional de la Revolución ( "National Museum of the Revolution " ) developed and made available to the public.

19.436233 - 99.154701Koordinaten: 19 ° 26 '10 " N, 99 ° 9' 17 " W

  • Building in Mexico City
  • Mausoleum
  • Mexican Revolution
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