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Museo Cabeza de Juárez

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The Museo Cabeza de Juárez (English: Head of Juárez Museum) is a museum and monument in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. The top of the structure features a colossal head of Benito Juárez, the 26th president of Mexico. Luis Echeverría, the 57th president of the country, ordered its erection in 1972 – a century after Juárez's death – and it was inaugurated on 21 March 1976, the 170th anniversary of Juárez's birth. The museum's collection features the chronology of Juárez's life, and its esplanade is open for cultural events. Artists Luis Arenal Bastar and David Alfaro Siqueiros were involved in its construction and artistic style.

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Museo Cabeza de Juárez
Calle Juan Cristomo Bonilla, Mexico City Iztapalapa

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Cabeza de Juárez

Calle Juan Cristomo Bonilla
09208 Mexico City, Iztapalapa
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