Both look towards the center of the composition, where a Stoic woman with rebozo and braidsholding a small child on his hands. Behind her, a tower is built 40 meters high. At the feet of the woman, a plaque was placed with the legend «which he loved before knowing us» and in 1991, another plate was added underneath, this time adding «because her motherhood was voluntary.»
Finally, the mother monument was inaugurated May 10, 1949. To the surprise of many, the concept did not warn a monolithic figure, but an open square with the sculptural set separated from each other.
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Used as a step to access the art garden and sometimes as a starting point of manifestations, the monument to the mother has seen the second half of the twentieth century pass as a silent witness In one of the most important avenues in the countryall without receiving too much attention.
On September 19, 2017, the earthquake that shook the center of the country caused the total collapse of the main structure of the monument that represented the mother; However, the architect's intervention Restorer Gabriel Mérigo Basurto He recovered the original fragments and after adding a steel structure, he was reopened in November 2018. The restored space is now a Public Square that serves as a meeting point and his collapse helped to value the quarry monument nestled in the city landscape further.
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