Diana the Huntress Fountain

(Redirected from Fuente de la Diana Cazadora) Fountain and sculpture in Mexico City, Mexico

"La Diana Cazadora" redirects here. Not to be confused with Diana La Cazadora.

Diana the Huntress Fountain
Fuente de la Diana Cazadora
The fountain in 2020

19°25′31″N 99°10′18″W / 19.4251879°N 99.1716226°W / 19.4251879; -99.1716226
Location	Roundabout at Paseo de la Reforma and Río Misisipi and Sevilla streets, Colonia Cuauhtémoc/Zona Rosa, Mexico City
Designer	Vicente Mendiola Quezada, Juan Fernando Olaguíbel
Type	Fountain
Beginning date	1938
Completion date	1942

The Huntress Diana Fountain (Spanish: Fuente de la Diana Cazadora) stands as a monumental sculptural landmark situated within the roundabout at the intersection of Paseo de la Reforma and Río Misisipí and Sevilla streets. Positioned on the border of the Colonia Cuauhtémoc and Colonia Juárez neighborhoods in Mexico City, this fountain serves as a focal point within the urban fabric of the metropolis. Designed by the Italian architect and sculptor Enrique Alciati, the fountain was unveiled in 1942 and has since become an enduring symbol of Mexico City's cultural heritage and urban landscape. The centerpiece of the fountain is a striking bronze statue depicting Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt, poised atop a stone pedestal adorned with decorative reliefs and motifs. Adjacent to the Huntress Diana Fountain, several landmarks bear homage to its iconic presence within Mexico City's urban landscape. Among these notable sites are the Cine Diana (Diana Cinema) and two prominent skyscrapers: the Corporativo Reforma Diana (also known as Torre Reforma Diana) and Torre Diana.

History

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Between the 1930s and 1960s, the capital authorities carried out different beautification projects that would involve the placement of various monuments and monumental fountains in the public space in tune with the mural movement and with the aesthetic influence of socialist realism.

The then president of Mexico Manuel Ávila Camacho, through the regent of the Federal District, Javier Rojo Gómez, commissioned the construction of a fountain for the roundabout that was located in Paseo de la Reforma near the entrance to the Chapultepec Forest. The project was given to the architect Vicente Mendiola and the sculptor Juan Olaguíbel, who would jointly carry out other similar projects, such as the fountain of the Plaza California in Colonia del Valle and the Oil Fountain. The topic chosen by the commission agents was Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt. On this fountain, instead of hunting animals she would point her arrow to the stars of the northern sky. The sculpture was made between April and September of 1942.

References

""Monuments", Secretariat of Tourism of the Mexican Federal District". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-06-30.

External links

Media related to Fuente de la Diana Cazadora (Mexico City) at Wikimedia Commons
"Diana Fountain", Mexico City Guide

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Buildings	Auditorio Nacional Chapultepec Uno R509 Centro de Cultura Digital Church of San Hipólito Embassy of the United States in Mexico City Edificio El Moro National Lottery for Public Assistance Esquina de la Información HSBC Tower Mexican Stock Exchange Museo de Arte Moderno Museo Rufino Tamayo National Museum of Anthropology Reforma 222 Sheraton Hotel St. Regis Torre BBVA México Torre del Caballito Servicio de Administración Tributaria Torre Diana Torre MAPFRE Torre Mayor Torre Reforma Torre Reforma Latino
Formerly	Cine Latino Former Aeroméxico Headquarters Building Glorieta del Caballito Equestrian statue of Charles IV of Spain Monument to Christopher Columbus Monumento a los Indios Verdes Statue of Heydar Aliyev
Landmarks, monuments and statues	Angel of Independence Antimonumento +43 Antimonumento +72 Diana the Huntress Fountain El Ángel de la Seguridad Social El Caballito Estela de Luz Fuente de la República Glorieta de la Palma Glorieta de las mujeres que luchan How Doth the Little Crocodile Monument to Cuauhtémoc Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument Puerta 1808 Rescatemos a David y Miguel The Young Woman of Amajac
Nearby	Avenida Bucareli Avenida de los Insurgentes Bridge of the Lions Chapultepec Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico Monumento a la Revolución Monumento a los Niños Héroes Parish of the Holy Child of Peace Puerta de los Leones
Transportation	Auditorio metro station Garibaldi / Lagunilla metro station Hidalgo metro station Mexico City Metrobús Line 7
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Public art in Mexico City

Murals
Day and Night Still Life Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central The History of Mexico

Sculptures and monuments

Alameda Central	Beethoven Monument Benito Juárez Hemicycle Fountain of Mercury Fountain of Neptune Fountain of Venus Fountain of Virgin Gladiador frigio Gladiador romano La Primavera Las Danaides Malgré Tout Statue of Alexander von Humboldt
Paseo de la Reforma	Angel of Independence Antimonumenta Vivas Nos Queremos Diana the Huntress Fountain El Ángel de la Seguridad Social El Caballito Estela de Luz Fuente de la República How Doth the Little Crocodile Monument to Christopher Columbus† Monument to Cuauhtémoc Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument Puerta 1808 Rescatemos a David y Miguel Statue of Heydar Aliyev† The Young Woman of Amajac
Related	Tlalli

Key: † No longer extant or on public display

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