.jpg) Ahuizotl (left) and Itzcoatl (right) | |
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| 19°29′29″N 99°7′9″W / 19.49139°N 99.11917°W | |
| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Designer | Alejandro Casarín |
| Type | Sculptures |
| Material | Bronze |
| Height | 3 m (9.8 ft) to 4 m (13 ft) |
| Weight | 3 t (3.0 long tons; 3.3 short tons) |
| Opening date | September 1891 |
| Restored date | 1939, 1979, 2005 |
Statues of Tlatoque (Nahuatl for Aztec rulers) Ahuitzotl and Itzcoatl are installed in Mexico City. They are collectively known as the Monumento a los Indios Verdes (lit. transl. "Monument to the Green Indians"). The statues are verdigris due to the effects of weather. They are around 3 meters (9.8 ft) to 4 meters (13 ft) tall and their plinths have inscriptions in Nahuatl. The statues were created by Alejandro Casarín to represent Mexico at the 1889 Paris Exposition.
The statues were unveiled in 1891 in front of the equestrian statue of Charles IV of Spain along Paseo de la Reforma. Since then, they have been moved to Calzada de la Viga, to the northern section of Avenida de los Insurgentes, and since 2005 they are found in Mestizaje Park, in Gustavo A. Madero borough.
Thanks to the statues, the zone between Deportivo 18 de Marzo metro station and the beginning of the Mexican Federal Highway 85D (Mexico City–Pachuca section) is known as "Indios Verdes".[1]