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Mexico City Reinstalls Diana Cazadora Replica to Inaugurate Zona Rosa Revival

The restored sculpture by Ariel de la Peña kicks off a two-month initiative financed with parking meter revenues to rejuvenate the district’s public spaces and businesses.

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Overview

  • Artisan Alejandro Flores led the meticulous restoration of the replica bearing Helvia Martínez de Díaz Serrano’s original likeness.
  • After its 2017 removal, the statue has been returned to its 2001 home at the corner of Génova and Hamburgo.
  • Spotmet worked alongside the Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc and the Zona Rosa Merchants Association to coordinate the rehabilitation program.
  • Community consultations will shape planned upgrades to urban infrastructure, commercial facades and tourist corridors.
  • The Diana Cazadora now serves as a borough emblem symbolizing shared memory and appears in Cuauhtémoc’s official imagery.