The Monument to Cuauhtémoc stands on a roundabout on Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City. It honors the last Mexica ruler of Tenochtitlan. Francisco Jiménez made the original design, and Ramón Agea oversaw construction. Miguel Noreña made the statue and sculptures. The cornerstone was laid on May 5, 1878, and the monument opened on August 21, 1887.
The sculpture is 16 feet (4.93 meters) tall on a base 39 feet (11.75 meters) high. Bronze was cast at Jesús Contreras's workshop. The three-tiered octagonal base draws on Mesoamerican forms, with friezes inspired by Mitla. Bronze leopards surround it, and reliefs show Cuauhtémoc meeting and being tormented by Cortés.
The article calls the style Neoindigenismo. It moved in 1949 and returned in 2004 to a site 259 feet (79 meters) to the northwest, raised about 6 feet (1.8 meters).
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