🏟️ Fuente de Petróleos

Mexico · Americas · 19.43°N, 99.20°W

The Fuente de Petróleos, officially the Monumento a la Industria Petrolera de México, is a monument in Chapultepec, Mexico City. Created at the request of President Miguel Alemán Valdés, the artwork honors the Mexican oil expropriation, in which President Lázaro Cárdenas nationalized the oil industry on 18 March 1938, leading to the creation of the state-owned company Pemex.

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Country	Mexico
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	19.43°N, 99.20°W · view on map

Fuente de Petróleos is located in Mexico, in Americas.

More monuments in Mexico

Angel of Independence · Antimonumenta (Banca Roja) · Antimonumento +72 · Arcos de Guadalajara · Benito Juárez Hemicycle · Borda House, Mexico City · Canadian totem · Chapultepec aqueduct · Cristo de Chiapas · Cristo Rey (Silao).

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