Garden of the Triple Alliance

4 1day1food1travel - 11 months ago

Fabulous statue in à small garden.

The Garden of the Triple Alliance is one of the big surprises on any walk down the Calle Tacuba. A garden and monument, it’s a commemoration of the Triple Alliance agreed to in the year 1427 by the rulers of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan. But it’s an interesting story too.
A corner, two of it walls are provided by the former Bethlemite church, which is today the Museum of the Army and Air Force. That building, for many years, was the church of the Bethlemite Hospital and Monastery which is today the Interactive Museum of the Economy. (For more on the order, see the two museum entries.)

Filomeno Mata

Filomeno Mata street is named for the activist and publisher who took over the building after the Religious Reform Period in the 1850s. Mata founded multiple newspapers. Here though he ran the Diario del Hogar newspaper for some 30 years. It became one of the most important publications in the period leading up to the Mexican Revolution. Mata was imprisoned by the Porfirio Diaz government on multiple occasions, and died only at the beginning of the Revolution in 1911.

The Reliefs and the Pavillion

The bas-reliefs are the work of the acclaimed sculptor Jesús F. Contreras. He completed the works in 1888 to be parts the Mexico Pavilion the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889. The reliefs now face the Palacio de Mineria which houses the library named for one of the architects of the pavilion, the Biblioteca Ing. Antonio M. Anza, today the UNAM Architecture and Engineering library.
Contreras is most famous for his sculpture, Malgré Tout, in marble within the MUNAL collection. A copy in bronze is on the edge of the Alameda Central. His equestrian monument to Ignacio Zaragoza is in the city of Puebla. And some 20 of his bronze statues line the Paseo de la Reforma.
Controversial within the Universal Exposition, the pavilion was taken apart and the reliefs were later shipped back to Mexico. One more of them is inside the Army and Air Force musuem. That one depicts Cuauhtémoc. And replicas of all four were made for the Monument to La Raza, on Insurgents Avenue.

5 E. C. M. - 3 years ago

Small but interesting dedicatory to Mexico's ancient history

5 Diego Cardona - a week ago

(Translated by Google) The Garden of the Triple Alliance is a garden-monument that commemorates the Triple Alliance that took place in the year 1430 between the towns of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan. The high-reliefs that are exposed there are the work of the Mexican sculptor Jesús F. Contreras in 1888 for form part of the representation of Mexico in the Universal Exhibition of 1889. The garden also has a bust of Filomeno Mata. There is a fourth relief, that of Cuauhtémoc, which is inside the Army Museum, on whose side this Plaza stands. Two replicas of these four reliefs stand on top of the Monument to La Raza.

The military confederation created between the pre-Hispanic towns of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan (Tacuba) allowed, since 1427, to achieve a remarkable development based on its military, political and economic ties. The Garden of the Triple Alliance is located on Filomeno Mata street, almost on the corner of Tacuba street in the Historic Center of Mexico City, CDMX.

(Original)
El Jardín de la Triple Alianza es un jardín-monumento que conmemora la Triple Alianza acaecida en el año 1430 entre los pueblos de Tenochtitlan, Texcoco y Tlacopan.. Los altorrelieves que allí están expuestos son obra del escultor mexicano Jesús F. Contreras en 1888 para formar parte de la representación de México en la Exposición Universal de 1889. El jardín también cuenta con un busto a Filomeno Mata. Existe un cuarto relieve, el de Cuauhtémoc, que se halla en el interior del Museo del Ejército, sobre cuyo costado se yergue esta Plaza. Sendas réplicas de estos cuatro relieves se yerguen en lo alto del Monumento a La Raza.

La confederación militar creada entre los pueblos prehispánicos de Tenochtitlan, Texcoco y Tlacopan (Tacuba) permitió desde 1427 alcanzar un notable desarrollo basado en sus vínculos militares, políticos y económicos. El Jardín de la Triple Alianza está ubicado en la calle Filomeno Mata, casi esquina con la calle Tacuba en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México, CDMX.

4 Alvaro Garcia - 3 years ago

(Translated by Google) Area of u200bu200beffigies of Hueyes Tlatoanis. There is also a bust of Filomeno Mata. Just to pass through, it's a corner, it's not big, it's not a park, but a small garden.

(Original)
Zona de efigies de Hueyes Tlatoanis. También hay un busto de Filomeno Mata. Sólo para ir de paso, es una esquina, no es grande, no es parque, sino un jardín pequeño.

5 Alex CR - 3 years ago

(Translated by Google) An essential and beautiful place in the historic center of Mexico City, located between the streets of Filomeno Mata and Tacuba.
The Garden of the Triple Alliance commemorates the coalition between the towns of Tenochtitlán, Texcoco and Tlacopan (Tacuba) that occurred in the year 1430.
The reliefs of Nezahualcóyotl, Itzcóatl and Totoquihuatzin were elaborated by the Mexican sculptor Jesús F. Contreras Chávez in 1888, to be part of the representation of Mexico in the Universal Exposition of 1889, in addition the garden also has a bust to Filomeno Mata.

(Original)
Un lugar imprescindible y hermoso en el centro histórico de la ciudad de México, ubicado entre las calles de Filomeno Mata y Tacuba.
El Jardín de la Triple Alianza conmemora la coalición entre los pueblos de Tenochtitlán, Texcoco y Tlacopan (Tacuba) ocurrida en el año 1430.
Los relieves de Nezahualcóyotl, Itzcóatl y Totoquihuatzin fueron elaborados por el escultor mexicano Jesús F. Contreras Chávez en 1888, para formar parte de la representación de México en la Exposición Universal de 1889, además el jardín también cuenta con un busto a Filomeno Mata.

5 Franco Nauto - 3 years ago

(Translated by Google) It would seem that there was nothing in this street, but still it is used with these three great sculptures of important characters in the Mexican culture, in addition they have a detailed description of what they mean and their contribution to that Mesoamerican culture. Highly recommended.

(Original)
Pareciera que no hubiese nada en esta calle, pero aún así se aprovecha con estas tres grandes esculturas de personajes importantes en la cultura mexicana, además tienen una detallada descripción de lo que significan y su aporte a esa cultura Mesoamericana. Muy recomendado.

5 ANGHEL BLAS - 2 years ago

(Translated by Google) This garden monument commemorates the triple alliance that occurred in 1430 between the Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan peoples. Nezahualcóyotl: "Coyote fasting or coyote on the prowl", tlatoani from Texcoco. Itzcóatl: "Obsidian Serpent", Huey tlatoani from Tenochtitlan. Totoquihuatzin: "Entrance of birds", tlatoani from Tlacopan.
The bas-reliefs are the work of the Mexican sculptor Jesús F. Contreras.

(Original)
Este jardín monumento conmemoran la triple alianza que ocurrió en 1430 entre los pueblos Tenochtitlan, Texcoco y Tlacopan. Nezahualcóyotl: "Coyote en ayuno o coyote al acecho", tlatoani de Texcoco. Itzcóatl: "Serpiente de obsidiana", Huey tlatoani de Tenochtitlan. Totoquihuatzin: "Entrada de aves", tlatoani de Tlacopan.
Los bajorrelieves son obra del escultor mexicano Jesús F. Contreras.