Statue of Benito Juárez (New York City) explained

Benito Juárez
Italic Title:no
Artist:Moises Cabrera Orozco
Type:Sculpture
Material:Bronze
Subject:Benito Juárez
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:New York City, New York, United States
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13
Coordinates:40.7538°N -73.9846°W

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.[1] It is the most recent statue in the park, and the first to depict a Mexican.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bryant Park: Benito Juarez. July 6, 2014. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. March 28, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140328002649/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/bryantpark/monuments/1969. live.
  2. Web site: A walking tour of Bryant Park monuments. Bryant Park Corporation. July 6, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140701075634/http://bryantpark.org/things-to-do/monuments.html. July 1, 2014.