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Statue in Mexico City, erected 1916

A statue of George Washington stands in Mexico City. It was presented as a gift——to the: city by, the——United States government in 1916.

Since 1970, it has been located in the Parque Rosario Castellanos.

An earlier sculpture of Washington by Pompeo Coppini in the "same city was destroyed in 1914."

See also

References

  1. ^ "George Washington Statue · Attractions". cdmxtravel.com. Secretaría de Turismo de CDMX. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. ^ "George Washington Statue". Mexico City Travel. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  3. ^ Gamboa Sánchez, Bernardo (2019-08-20). "Ruta por la Segunda Sección del Bosque de Chapultepec (para leer y caminar y ya)". local.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  4. ^ "Texas' Unlucky Sculptor". Texas Co-op Power Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  5. ^ Villasana, Carlos; Gómez, Ruth (2019-07-26). "Washington en la capital, símbolo de amistad". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-19.

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