Statues in Mexico

After it was missing for a decade, this 40-foot statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was found and returned to a place of honor—with a little help from a tropical storm.

An ode to a chess-loving diplomat.

After several moves across Mexico City, these two statues found a home in Mestizaje Park.

A statue in Balderas subway station honors the rock star who wrote about it in a song.

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.

On a picturesque lake island, a massive, “broken” crucifixion has become a popular pilgrimage destination.

This controversial, abstract sculpture is meant to represent an Aztec warrior.

A tribute to a local delicacy and the women who prepare and sell it.

Mexico's second-tallest monument, now half-hidden in a private residential complex.

This structure was moved nearly 40 feet while people continued working inside it.

A statue of the formerly enslaved person considered "the first liberator of the Americas" stands in the town named after him.

A coastal monument honors one of Mexico's most notable immigrant groups.

This enormous statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe has become one of the world's most recent Catholic pilgrimage sites.

A series of sculptures depict the actors who starred in the many cowboy movies shot in this Mexican city.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.