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Monument in Villahermosa, Tabasco

Monumento a Andrés Sánchez Magallanes
La Chichona
The sculpture in 2010
Location
ArtistJosé Luis Silva
Year1969
MediumQuarry
LocationVillahermosa
Coordinates17°59′31.8″N 92°56′42.7″W / 17.992167°N 92.945194°W / 17.992167; -92.945194

The Monumento a Andrés Sánchez Magallanes, colloquially known as La Chichona (lit. transl. The Busty Woman), is a memorial in Villahermosa, Tabasco. It was dedicated to Colonel Andrés Sánchez Magallanes [es], who commanded key battles for the expulsion of the French from Villahermosa during the Second French intervention in Mexico.

The monument was ordered by Manuel Rafael Mora Martínez [es], governor of Tabasco between 1965 and 1970. The project was completed between 1967 and 1969. The author was José Luis Silva who selected quarry stone. It had a cost of one million pesos. In 1997, a distributor road was built that partially obstructs the view of the monument at ground level. The monument's nickname is attributed to one of the sculptures featuring a seated woman with a bare torso and large breasts.

References

  1. ^ "VIRAL: Estatuas y monumentos que nadie llama por su verdadero nombre" [VIRAL: Statues and monuments that no one calls by their real name]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 16 September 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. "Andrés Sánchez Magallanes: Benemérito de Tabasco, a 153 años de su muerte" [Andrés Sánchez Magallanes: Distinguished of Tabasco, 153 years since his death]. Rumbo Nuevo (in Spanish). 14 May 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. "Monumento a Andrés Sánchez Magallanes" [Monument to Andrés Sánchez Magallanes]. De Tabasco Soy (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2023.

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