Mexico Feb 2023 Trip Report: Mexico city: Fountain of Cybele ( Fuente de Cibeles), Michelangelo's David

 

Feb 9, 2023

Our work was done and we were ready to fly home the next day.

We walked to this square, the fountain was not on, but the statue looked impressive

Fountain of Cybele ( Fuente de Cibeles)

The Fountain of Cybele (Spanish: Fuente de Cibeles) in Mexico City is a bronze replica of the fountain located in the Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid that was built during the reign of Charles III by architect Ventura Rodríguez between 1777 and 1792. The Mexican version is located at a traffic circle in Plaza Villa de Madrid, where Oaxaca, Durango, Medellín and El Oro streets converge in Colonia Roma.

The fountain consists of the statue of the goddess Cybele, Roman goddess of fertility, who wears a crown and carries a scepter and key, symbols of her power over Earth and the seasons, and rides in a carriage pulled by two lions[3] representing Hippomenes and his wife Atalanta, one of the huntresses of the goddess Diana, both turned into lions by Zeus.

It was installed in Mexico as a symbol of brotherhood between the Spanish and Mexican communities in 1980 The sculptural group measures approximately 12.5 meters long, 4.7 meters in width and 5.5 meters tall with a weight of 12 tons. 

ROMA NORTE

We strolled a little in this neighborhood

David De Miguel Angel, Michelangelo's David,

 Roma Norte   Plaza Rio de Janeiro Mexico City

The center of the square has a lovely fountain with a copy of Michelangelo 's sculpture David , made of bronze and placed there in 1976

This is Ground ZERO from where distances are measured in the city

we ubered back to apt

Feb 10, 2023

we vacated the apt at 3 am, took pics, took our prior booked uber to the airport.

The security there did not let us take the big round vessel with handle, we left it behind!!

  That was the end of our stay in Mexico

Our next vacation was to Egypt. DIY TRIP NOV 22-DEC 11, 2023 [Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel]

That report begins at

https://adventuretrav.blogspot.com/2023/12/how-to-plan-trip-to-egypt-diy-trip-nov.html