Monumento a la Revolución
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The Monumento a la Revolución ( Monument to the Revolution ) is a large building from the 1930s in the center of the Mexican capital Mexico City and an honorary burial place for Mexican revolutionaries.
The 65 m high monument is located in the Plaza de La República in the Cuauhtémoc district . Three major main streets, Paseo de la Reforma , Avenida Puente de Alvarado and Avenida de los Insurgentes encompass the district west of Alameda Central in which it is located. During the reign of President Porfirio Díaz , the construction of a Palacio Legislativo , a large parliament building in the neoclassical style, was started here based on the US Capitol in Washington . It was based on the plans of the French architect Émile Bénard . The foundation stone was laid in 1910, but construction work had to be stopped again in 1911 due to the Mexican Revolution .
In the 1930s, the side wings were demolished. At the same time, the Mexican architect Carlos Obregón Santacilia redesigned the building . Only the steel skeleton of the crossing of a domed hall remained of the large parliament building . This accessible dome, resting on four pillars, was completed between 1932 and 1938 in a modified form in a mixture of Art Deco and Mexican revolutionary styles . At the top of the ends of the four pillars, figure reliefs designed by the sculptor Oliverio Martinez were attached. These represent independence , the reform laws ( "Leyes de Reforma" ), the agrarian and labor laws . The remains of the greats of the Mexican Revolution were gradually transferred to crypts under the pillars: in 1942 that of Venustiano Carranza , 1960 that of Francisco Madero , 1969 that of Plutarco Elías Calles , 1970 that of Lázaro Cárdenas del Río and finally that of Pancho in 1976 Villa . In 1986, seven rooms in the basement of the monument were converted into a Museo Nacional de la Revolución ( "National Museum of the Revolution" ) and made accessible to the public.
On December 4, 2011, the American singer Britney Spears gave a free concert as part of the Femme Fatale Tour at the memorial. This was visited by 100,000 people.
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Coordinates: 19 ° 26 ′ 10.4 ″ N , 99 ° 9 ′ 16.9 ″ W.