Monumento a los Constructores

*Monumento a los Constructores*
Monumento a los Constructores
	The monument in 2017
	Location
Artist	José Luis Padilla Retana
Year	1999
Medium	Bronze
Weight	8 t (7.9 long tons; 8.8 short tons)
Condition	Partly destroyed
Location	Morelia
	19°41′48.4″N 101°10′06.6″W / 19.696778°N 101.168500°W

The Monumento a los Constructores (lit. transl. Builders Monument), also known as the Monumento a los Constructores de la Ciudad (lit. transl. Builders of the City Monument), is a partly-destroyed outdoor bronze monument installed along Acueducto Avenue, in the historic center of Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. The artwork was created by José Luis Padilla Retana and was unveiled in May 1995 in honor of those who built the city.

The monument depicted four men, a New Spain master builder and Fray Antonio de San Miguel [es] behind two Purépecha men, one carving a stone and the other carrying a carved block on his back. By 2018, the Supreme Indigenous Council of Michoacán (CSIM) began petitioning for the removal of the monument citing that they considered it a racist monument that portrayed the slave-owning submission of indigenous people. However, they failed to reach a consensus with the city government; in February 2024, multiple CSIM members toppled two of the statues.

Members of the CSIM will seek to replace the remainder of the monument with a statue of Tangaxuan II, the last ruler of the Purépecha State.^[1]

^ "Habrá nuevo monumento en Morelia en lugar de Los Constructores" [There will be a new monument in Morelia in the place of The Builders]. Mi Morelia (in Spanish). 14 February 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

[1] "Habrá nuevo monumento en Morelia en lugar de Los Constructores" [There will be a new monument in Morelia in the place of The Builders]. Mi Morelia (in Spanish). 14 February 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

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