Monument to Christopher Columbus (Paseo de la Reforma)
The Monument to Christopher Columbus (Spanish: ) was a statue on a major traffic roundabout along Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma, first dedicated in 1877. The statue was removed on 10 October 2020 "for restoration purposes" two days before a planned protest. Later, the Mexico City government announced that the statue would not return to its location and would be replaced with Tlalli, a sculpture intended to honor the nation's indigenous peoples. After multiple controversies related to the project, it was put on hold. Days after the cancellation, feminists installed the Glorieta de las mujeres que luchan, an antimonumenta dedicated to the nation's women. However, the city government announced on 12 October 2021, that the statue of Columbus would be officially replaced with a replica of The Young Woman of Amajac, a sculpture of an indigenous Huastec woman, which started several debates between which figure should replace Columbus. Following months of discussion, the city government announced that both the Glorieta de las mujeres que luchan and The Young Woman of Amajac would coexist on the roundabout, while the Columbus sculpture would be relocated to the National Museum of the Viceroyalty, in Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico. Description On the monument's