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Identifier: municipalorganiz01inte (find matches)
Title: Municipal organizations in Latin America. Mexico City
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: International Bureau of the American Republics
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Publisher: Washington, D.C., Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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iful flower beds. In the first pZoWetowithin the city stands the colossal equestrian statue of Charles IVof Spain, said to be the largest bronze in the world. There are also colossal statues of Columbus and of Cuauhtemocand Juarez. In fact, each gloneta will have several such statues ofMexican celebrities, which will be presented by the several MexicanStates. The statue of Charles IV was first placed in 1804 on its pedestal inthe Plaza Mayor, where it remained until 1824, when it was removedto the patio of the university, whence it was moved to its present site.It is a solid bronze, 15 feet 9 inches high, weighing over 30 tons.The King is dressed in royal robes, wearing on his head a wreath oflaurel and holding in his right hand the scepter. The horse is inthe act of walking, the left fore foot and right hind foot being raised.The sculptor was Manuel Tolsa. The statue of Columbus was one of the first monuments erected onthe continent he discovered, and one of the handsomest. He stands
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220 INTEENATIONAL, BUEEAU OF THE AMERICAN EEPUBLICS. drawing aside the veil which concealed the New World. The base isornamented by basso-relievos picturing incidents in the life of theGreat Admiral, and at the four corners stand life-size figures in bronzeof Padre Marchena of La Eabida, Padre Fray, Diego Dehesa, FrayPedro de Gante, and Fray Bartoleme de las Casas. The statue of Cuauhtemoc represents the plumed and featheredw^arrior standing uf)right in the act of drawing an arrow from hisquiver.

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