| This beautiful tribute of a nation to one of its departed heroes and patriots, Benito Juarez, was erected through popular subscriptions, amounting to 200,000 pesos, in the city which bears his name - Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The base and column are of beautiful pink granite and the four statues at the base are of Italian Carreara marble, while the main figure, which surmounts the shaft, is of bronze. |
