Plaza Manuel Tolsá
Plaza dominated by a monumental bronze equestrian statue, second largest cast bronze figure in the world.
This guide to Plaza Manuel Tolsá in Mexico City centers on the single, continuous 1802 casting of the bronze equestrian statue at its heart, when bell founder Salvador de la Vega and sculptor Manuel Tolsá melted roughly twenty six tons of copper alloy in a foundry built in the garden of the Colegio de San Gregorio. It follows the statue's journey from that risky pour through a five-day haul to the main square, its exile to a university courtyard after independence, and its long stay on Paseo de la Reforma. Look at the horse's four slender legs and the plaza it now faces, designed by Tolsá himself.
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