In 2010, the “Estela de Luz” (Stela of Light) was inaugurated as the commemorative monument of the bicentennial of Mexican independence. But when a newspaper report revealed the exorbitant total cost of the project, around 1 billion pesos, it was deemed to be far too high for a tower covered in marble and lights, and the monument instead became a symbol synonymous of Mexican corruption.
After the scandalous cost was revealed, an attempt was made to redefine the work by adding a Digital Culture Center, which currently operates in the basement. The center has seven spaces dedicated to different aspects of digital art: literature, games, communication, immersion, web lab, education, and free technologies.
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Name | Since | Distance | |||
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Dualidad Mural | 2018 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
The Animals of Parque España | 2019 | 1km | site_ao | ||
Moctezuma’s Treasure | 2019 | 1.3km | site_ao | ||
National Museum of Anthropology Murals | 2019 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
‘Las Razas y La Cultura’ Mural | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
Coatlicue Statue | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
Death Mask of Pakal the Great | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
Baths of Moctezuma | 2019 | 0.9km | site_ao | ||
Mask of the Bat God | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
The Turquoise-Studded Skull of a Long-Dead Aztec Man | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
Monolith of Tlaloc | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
Xochipilli | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
Guillermo Tovar de Teresa House Museum | 2019 | 0.9km | site_ao | ||
Disk of Death | 2018 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
The Jaguar Cuauhxicalli | 2018 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
Future Forest | 2018 | 0.6km | site_ao | ||
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo | 1980 | 0.7km | site_brutalism |
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