Benito Juárez, Bronze statue in Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York, United States
Benito Juárez is an outdoor bronze portrait sculpture by Moises Cabrera Orozco, set in Bryant Park in Manhattan, New York. The statue of the Mexican president was cast in Mexico in 2002 and installed in the park on October 9, 2004. It is the most recent statue in the park and the first there to depict a Mexican.
The bronze portrait of Benito Juárez by Moises Cabrera Orozco was cast in Mexico in 2002. The State of Oaxaca donated it on behalf of the Mexican government and the Mexican Trade Center, and it was installed in Bryant Park on October 9, 2004. It is the park's most recent statue and the first there to depict a Mexican.
The bronze portrait of Benito Juárez, cast in Mexico in 2002, was given by the State of Oaxaca on behalf of the Mexican government and the Mexican Trade Center. It is the first statue of a Mexican in Bryant Park and the park's most recent addition, placed among the park's other monuments.
The bronze stands in Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library in Midtown Manhattan, between 40th and 42nd Streets and Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The park is open daily and free to enter, and the statue can be walked up to at any hour the park is open. Look for it among the park's other monuments.
It is the most recent statue added to Bryant Park and the first there to depict a Mexican. The bronze was cast in Mexico in 2002, two years before its October 9, 2004 installation, and was given by the State of Oaxaca for the Mexican Government and the Mexican Trade Center.
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