Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico, Memorial in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico

The Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico consists of 70 upright steel slabs of unequal width and height, the tallest reaching 12 meters, set on a paved field at Campo Marte in Chapultepec Park. Their surfaces are rusted, natural or stainless steel; stainless panels mirror the viewer. Narrow water channels run between some slabs, and low plaques carry about 40 quotations, including Cicero, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Carlos Fuentes.

Isabel Miranda de Wallace first asked Felipe Calderón for a memorial site in 2010; Javier Sicilia and Julián LeBarón renewed the request in 2011. Gaeta Springall Arquitectos won the national contest, and construction ran from 7 September to 23 November 2012 on a 15,000 m² field at Campo Marte. It was symbolically inaugurated on Calderón's last day and opened to the public on 5 April 2013 under Enrique Peña Nieto.

The steel walls display quotations from historical figures and allow visitors to inscribe names of victims, creating a space for collective remembrance. People use this place to honor those affected by violence and to share their grief with others.

The memorial is accessible within Chapultepec Park and can be visited without admission fees. The natural elements and steel structures create different areas where you can pause and spend time in reflection.

The memorial uses three different steel finishes – rusty, stainless, and natural – to represent different aspects of time and identity. These visual differences make each steel wall a distinct expression within the overall design.