''País de volcanes'' () is an outdoor fountain and sculpture by the Spanish-born Mexican artist
Vicente Rojo Almazán
Vicente Rojo Almazán (15 March 1932 – 17 March 2021) was a Spanish-Mexican painter, graphic designer, and sculptor.
His daughter, Alba Rojo Cama
Alba Teresa Rojo Cama (28 April 1961 – 16 August 2016) was a Mexican sculptor known for her ...
, installed outside
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
's
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Building and next to the
Memory and Tolerance Museum
The Memory and Tolerance Museum (Spanish: Museo Memoria y Tolerancia) is a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, established in 2010.
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2010 establishments in Mexico
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, in Mexico.
It is a artwork that features 1,034 ocher-colored pyramids standing out of the water; the artwork was made with
tezontle
Tezontle ( es, tezontle) is a porous, highly oxidized, volcanic rock used extensively in construction in Mexico. It is usually reddish in color due to iron oxide.
Tezontle is a well-cemented, agglomeritic and scoriaceous rock.
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, a type of reddish
volcanic rock
Volcanic rock (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) is a rock formed from lava erupted from a volcano. In other words, it differs from other igneous rock by being of volcanic origin. Like all rock types, the concept of volcanic r ...
. The central body of the fountain contains water that flows subtly down its sides to the area with the pyramids.
For Jaime Moreno Villarreal of ''
Letras Libres
''Letras Libres'' is a Spanish-language monthly literary magazine published in Mexico and Spain.
History and profile
''Letras Libres'', printed since 1999 in Mexico and since 2001 in Spain, has an average of eighteen to twenty articles per issue ...
'', the fountain is located slightly below the square level so that the viewer can appreciate the volcanic geography.
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Rojo got inspired on his travels across the country and by observing the mountain ranges of the country, its volcanoes and its pyramids.][ Rojo also commented that the fountain honors ]Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.
Born in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, to a working-class family, Cárdenas joined the M ...
, president of Mexico
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between 1934 and 1940, whom he called the "Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Liberalism in Mexico, Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec peoples, Zapo ...
of the 20th century". He also explained that the artwork's pink color was used "to soften the edges and to match the stone of the Corpus Christi temple".
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* 2003 in art
The year 2003 in art involves various significant events.
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*January 21 – The Spire of Dublin is completed.
*May 11 – Benvenuto Cellini's ''Saliera'' is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
*June 15-November 2 - A record ...
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Fountains in Mexico
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