Monumento a la Madre

Zona Rosa & Reforma


Just off Reforma, this monument and open plaza dedicated to mothers features a statue of a woman and child. The first brick was laid on Mother's Day (May 10) 1944 and inaugurated on Mother's Day 1949.


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