The ''Huntress Diana Fountain'' (''Fuente de la Diana Cazadora'') is a monumental fountain of Diana located in the roundabout at

Paseo de la Reforma Paseo de la Reforma (translated as "Promenade of the Reform") is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City. It was designed at the behest of Emperor Maximilian by Ferdinand von Rosenzweig during the era of the Secon ...

and Río Misisipí and Sevilla streets, on the border of the

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and Colonia Juárez neighborhoods of

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/ref> Nearby landmarks named after the fountain include the Cine Diana and the skyscrapers Corporativo Reforma Diana (a.k.a. Torre Reforma Diana) and

Torre Diana The Torre Diana ("Diana Tower") is a 33-story, skyscraper at Río Lerma street #232, at the corner of Río Misisipí, just off the city's iconic boulevard, Paseo de la Reforma in the Colonia Cuauhtémoc neighborhood near the Diana the Huntress f ...

History

Between the 1930s and 1960s, the capital authorities carried out different beautification projects of the capital, Mexican that would involve the placement of various monuments and monumental fountains in the public space in tune with the mural movement and with the aesthetic influence of socialist realism. The then president of Mexico

Manuel Ávila Camacho Manuel Ávila Camacho (; 24 April 1897 – 13 October 1955) was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Despite participating in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he cam ...

, through the regent of the Federal District, Javier Rojo Gómez commissioned the duo formed by the architect Vicente Mendiola and the sculptor Juan Olaguíbel that would jointly carry out other similar projects as the source of the Plaza California in Colonia del Valle and the Oil Fountain the construction of a fountain for the roundabout that was located in Paseo de la Reforma near the entrance to the Chapultepec Forest. The topic chosen by the commission agents was Diana's the Roman goddess of the hunt. Artemis in Greek mythology, but in this source, that goddess instead of hunting animals would now arrow the stars of the northern skies. The elaboration of The Arrow of the Northern Stars, which has an approximate weight of two tons. It happened between April and September 1942 a workshop of the World Workers Street.

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"Diana Fountain", ''Mexico City Guide''
1942 sculptures Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Diana (mythology) Fountains in Mexico Hunting in art Monuments and memorials in Mexico City Nude sculptures Outdoor sculptures in Mexico City Paseo de la Reforma Sculptures of Artemis {{Mexico-sculpture-stub