Statue of Benito Juárez may refer to:
Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military commander, lawyer, and statesman who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. Of Zapotec ancestry, he was the first and only indigenous president of Mexico and the first democratically elected indigenous president in the postcolonial Americas. Previously, he had served as Governor of Oaxaca and had later ascended to a variety of federal posts including Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Public Education, and President of the Supreme Court. During his presidency he led the Liberals to victory in the Reform War and in the Second French intervention in Mexico.
The year 2002 in art involves various significant events.
Benito Juárez is one of the eleven municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Most of its population reside in the municipal seat, Cancún. It is named after the 19th century president and statesman Benito Juárez.
Juárez refers to a number of places and things, most of which are named after Benito Juárez, former President of Mexico.
Enrique Alciati was a French/Italian sculptor and teacher, born in Marseille, France, who contributed various sculptures in France and Mexico. His most notable artwork is the Winged Victory that crowns the Independence Column in downtown Mexico City.
Benito Martinez is an American actor, best known for his role as LAPD Captain David Aceveda in the FX police drama The Shield, Luis Torres in Sons of Anarchy (2011–2012), Todd Denver in How to Get Away with Murder (2016–2018), Sheriff Diaz in 13 Reasons Why (2019–2020), and for his film roles in the movie My Family (1995) and Kill Your Darlings (2006).
Benito Juarez Community Academy,, is a public 4–year high school in the Pilsen neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Juarez is named for Mexican president Benito Pablo Juárez García. The school is a part of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district. As of 2014, it has been recognized as the largest high school in Pilsen. The building was designed by architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez.
Alameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City. Established in 1592, Alameda Central is the oldest public park in the Americas. Located in Delegación Cuauhtémoc between Juárez Avenue and Hidalgo Avenue, the park is adjacent to the Palacio de Bellas Artes and can be accessed by Metro Bellas Artes.
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Benito Juárez (1806–1872) was a Mexican politician and lawyer who served 5 terms as president, notable for having defeated Maximilian I of Mexico and thwarting French rule.
A series of Statues of the Liberators of western-hemisphere countries from colonial rule is found along Virginia Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C., which has been referred to as a Washington, D.C.'s version of New York City's Avenue of the Americas.
The history of Freemasonry in Mexico can be traced to at least 1806 when the first Masonic lodge was formally established in the nation.
Benito Juárez is the title of a work of art by Enrique Alciati, located at the intersection of Virginia Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. The statue is a part of the city's Statues of the Liberators collection and is a tribute to former president of Mexico, Benito Juárez.
Benito Juárez is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Benito Juárez by Moises Cabrera Orozco, located in Bryant Park in Manhattan, New York. Donated by the State of Oaxaca on behalf of the Mexican Government and the Mexican Trade Center, the portrait sculpture was cast in Mexico in 2002 and installed on October 9, 2004. It is the most recent statue in the park, and the first to depict a Mexican.
The Benito Juárez Hemicycle is a Neoclassical monument located at the Alameda Central park in Mexico City, Mexico and commemorating the Mexican statesman Benito Juárez. The statue of Juárez is flanked by marble Doric columns. There are two allegorical female statues next to Juárez, representing the fatherland and law. The pedestal bears the inscription "Al benemerito Benito Juárez la Patria". It was depicted on the reverse of the 20 peso bill of Series C and D, issued in 1994.
A bronze bust of Mexican president Benito Juárez by Julian Martinez is installed in Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens, in Houston, Texas.
Benito Juárez is a bronze sculpture in Pantoja Park in San Diego, California. Created by Mexican sculptor Ernesto Tamariz, it depicts Mexican lawyer and politician Benito Juárez. The statue was a gift from the Mexican government in 1981.
The Statue of Benito Juarez in New Orleans is a statue of Benito Juárez, President of Mexico from 1858-1872, who lived in New Orleans for two separate periods in the mid-nineteenth century. Each stint was caused by the Oaxaca-born lawyer being exiled from his homeland for political reasons. His tenure in New Orleans was not particularly uncommon, as New Orleans has a long history of interaction with Mexico and Latin America in general.
A 16-foot statue of Benito Juárez, President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872, is installed in the Plaza of the Americas (Chicago) along Michigan Avenue, just north of the Wrigley Building in Illinois. It was donated to the city by the Consulate-General of Mexico in February 1999, replacing a bust gifted by president José López Portillo in 1977.