Colonia Tabacalera in Ciudad de México, Mexico — The Valley of Mexico (The Central Highlands)

Louis Pasteur

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, July 24, 2018

1. Louis Pasteur Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Louis Pasteur
-
La Colonia Francesa
de
Mexico
al Pueblo Mexicano
en el primer centenario
de su Independencia
1810-1910

English translation:
Louis Pasteur
-
The French Colony in Mexico
to the Mexican People
on the 100th anniversary of their Independence
1810-1910

Erected 1910 by La Colonia Francesa.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • Wars, Non-US.

Location. 19° 25.917′ N, 99° 9.51′ W. Marker is in Ciudad de México. It is in Colonia Tabacalera. Memorial is at the intersection of Calle Insurgentes Sur and Paseo de la Reforma, on the right when traveling north on Calle Insurgentes Sur. The marker and statue are in a small park in the northeast part of the intersection of Insurgentes and Paseo la Reforma. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ciudad de México 06030, Mexico. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Juárez Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); Manuel Ojinaga (within shouting

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distance of this marker); Plutarco González (within shouting distance of this marker); Esteban Coronado (within shouting distance of this marker); León Guzmán (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Guadalupe Victoria (about 90 meters away); Monument to Cuauhtémoc and His Warriors (about 120 meters away); Francisco Zarco (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ciudad de México.

Regarding Louis Pasteur. The statue and marker are very interesting in that they were placed 43 years after the end of France's attempt to impose a monarchy on Mexico under Maximilian of Hapsburg. It appears that the relatively safe subject of Mexico's Independence Centennial was chosen for the inscription. The subject of Pasteur for the statue is hard to understand in context, but he had passed away only 15 years earlier and was relatively well known, even in Mexico.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, July 24, 2018

2. Louis Pasteur Marker

Louis Pasteur statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, July 24, 2018

3. Louis Pasteur statue

Louis Pasteur statue founder's mark image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, July 24, 2018

4. Louis Pasteur statue founder's mark

"étab. métallurgiques A. Durenne, fondeur, Paris"

Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 31, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 256 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 31, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.