Mother's Monument

Mother's Monument
Monumento a la Madre
The monument in 2012
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Coordinates19°25′57.17″N 99°9′38.83″W / 19.4325472°N 99.1607861°W / 19.4325472; -99.1607861
Opening dateMay 10, 1949
Dedicated dateMother's Day
Restored dateNovember 21, 2018
Dedicated toMother

The Mother's Monument, or Monument to the Mother (Spanish: Monumento a la Madre), is a monument commemorating Mexican mothers, installed in Mexico City, inaugurated on May 10, 1949. It was destroyed on September 19, 2017, after an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale that shook Mexico City, and reopened on November 21, 2018.