🏟️ Monumento a los Niños Héroes

Mexico · Americas · 19.42°N, 99.18°W

The Monumento a los Niños Héroes, officially Altar a la Patria, is a monument installed in the park of Chapultepec in Mexico City, Mexico. It commemorates the Niños Héroes, six mostly teenage military cadets who were killed defending Mexico City from the United States during the Battle of Chapultepec, one of the last major battles of the Mexican–American War, on 13 September 1847.

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Country	Mexico
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	19.42°N, 99.18°W · view on map

Monumento a los Niños Héroes 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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