Glorieta Del Caballito

Glorieta del Caballito was a

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in the northeastern part of the

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, where it crosses

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, in

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. Until 1964, it was the northern end of the Paseo de la Reforma, which was then extended. Northeast of the roundabout stood for a long time the bullfighting arena Plaza de Toros del Paseo Nuevo. The roundabout was named after '' El Caballito'', an

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that stood in the middle of the roundabout until 1979. That year, the roundabout was turned into an intersection, and the statue was moved to its current location on the Plaza Manuel Tolsá. It was replaced by a modernist, yellow horse head sculpture by Sebastián. At the intersection today are the skyscrapers

Torre del Caballito Torre del Caballito is a skyscraper located on the Paseo de la Reforma #10 at the Cuauhtemoc delegation in Mexico City. It was designed by Grupo Posadas de Mexico. It is 135 metres (443 feet) and 35 storeys tall.Al-Kodmany, Kheir. Tall Building ...

and Torre Prisma. 1979 disestablishments in Mexico Paseo de la Reforma Roundabouts and traffic circles in Mexico {{Mexico-road-stub