Statue of Alexander von Humboldt (Mexico City)

Statue in Mexico City, Mexico

Statue of Alexander von Humboldt
The statue in 2015
Statue of Alexander von HumboldtLocation within Centro Histórico
Subject	Alexander von Humboldt
Location	Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′9.79″N 99°8′45.94″W / 19.4360528°N 99.1460944°W / 19.4360528; -99.1460944

The statue of Alexander von Humboldt is installed in Mexico City's Alameda Central, in Mexico. The base has the inscription, "La Nación Mexicana a Alejandro de Humboldt – Benemerito de la Patria 1799–1999". The statue was built after Humboldt visited Mexico.

References

Pohlsander, Hans A. (2010). German Monuments in the Americas: Bonds Across the Atlantic. Peter Lang. p. 131. ISBN 9783034301381. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

External links

Media related to Statue of Alexander von Humboldt in Alameda Central (Mexico City) at Wikimedia Commons
"Alexander Von Humboldt Monument". Atlas Obscura.

Public art in Mexico City

Murals
Day and Night Still Life Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central The History of Mexico

Sculptures and monuments

Alameda Central	Beethoven Monument Benito Juárez Hemicycle Fountain of Mercury Fountain of Neptune Fountain of Venus Fountain of Virgin Gladiador frigio Gladiador romano La Primavera Las Danaides Malgré Tout Statue of Alexander von Humboldt
Paseo de la Reforma	Angel of Independence Antimonumenta Vivas Nos Queremos Diana the Huntress Fountain El Ángel de la Seguridad Social El Caballito Estela de Luz Fuente de la República How Doth the Little Crocodile Monument to Christopher Columbus† Monument to Cuauhtémoc Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument Puerta 1808 Rescatemos a David y Miguel Statue of Heydar Aliyev† The Young Woman of Amajac
Related	Tlalli

Key: † No longer extant or on public display

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