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Benito Juárez Hemicycle

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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
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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.
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bears the inscription "Al benemerito Benito Juárez la Patria" (Spanish: "To the meritorious Benito Juárez, the Homeland"). It was depicted on the reverse of the 20
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The construction began in 1906 it mark the centennial of Juárez's birth. The engineers for the construction of the monument were assigned by
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On the central pillar there is a medallion surrounded by a laurel, inscribed with the following;
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Mexico Behind the Mask: A Narrative, Past and Present
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19°26′06″N 99°08′39″W / 19.4350°N 99.1442°W / 19.4350; -99.1442
Alameda Central
Mexico City
Hemicycle
Benito Juárez
Neoclassical
Alameda Central
Mexico City
Mexico
Benito Juárez
Doric columns
pedestal
peso
Porfirio Díaz
Alessandro Lazzerini



"Alameda Central: Mexico City's New Improved Central Park"
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Public art in Mexico City
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