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The Huntress Diana Fountain (Fuente de la Diana Cazadora) is a monumental fountain of Diana located in the roundabout at Paseo de la Reforma and Río Misisipí and Sevilla streets, on the border of the Colonia Cuauhtémoc and Colonia Juárez neighborhoods of Mexico City.[1] Nearby landmarks named after the fountain include the Cine Diana and the skyscrapers Corporativo Reforma Diana (a.k.a. Torre Reforma Diana) and Torre Diana.
Fuente de la Diana Cazadora | |
 The fountain in 2020 | |
  Location in central/western Mexico City | |
| Coordinates | 19°25′31″N 99°10′18″W |
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| Location | Roundabout at Paseo de la Reforma and Río Misisipi and Sevilla streets, Colonia Cuauhtémoc/Zona Rosa, Mexico City |
| Designer | Vicente Mendiola Quezada, Juan Fernando Olaguíbel |
| Type | Fountain |
| Beginning date | 1938 |
| Completion date | 1942 |
History
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Between the 1930s and 1960s, the capital authorities carried out different beautification projects of the capital, Mexican that would involve the placement of various monuments and monumental fountains in the public space in tune with the mural movement and with the aesthetic influence of socialist realism.
The then president of Mexico Manuel Ávila Camacho, through the regent of the Federal District, Javier Rojo Gómez commissioned the duo formed by the architect Vicente Mendiola and the sculptor Juan Olaguíbel that would jointly carry out other similar projects as the source of the Plaza California in Colonia del Valle and the Oil Fountain the construction of a fountain for the roundabout that was located in Paseo de la Reforma near the entrance to the Chapultepec Forest. The topic chosen by the commission agents was Diana's the Roman goddess of the hunt. Artemis in Greek mythology, but in this source, that goddess instead of hunting animals would now arrow the stars of the northern skies. The elaboration of The Arrow of the Northern Stars, which has an approximate weight of two tons. It happened between April and September 1942 a workshop of the World Workers Street.
References
External links
Media related to Fuente de la Diana Cazadora (Mexico City) at Wikimedia Commons- "Diana Fountain", Mexico City Guide
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На других языках
- [en] Diana the Huntress Fountain
[es] Fuente de la Diana Cazadora (Ciudad de México)
La Fuente de la Diana Cazadora es una fuente monumental localizada en la avenida Paseo de la Reforma de la Ciudad de México.[1] La escultura, llamada originalmente «La Flechadora de las Estrellas del Norte» representa a la diosa de la Grecia Antigua Artemisa o su equivalente romano Diana, de donde tomó su nombre flechando las estrellas. El diseño de la fuente estuvo a cargo del arquitecto Vicente Mendiola Quezada, y la escultura fue realizada por el escultor Juan Fernando Olaguíbel. Fue inaugurada el 10 de octubre de 1942 por el entonces presidente Manuel Ávila Camacho.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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