Statue A Tenamaxtli

The sculpture of Francisco Tenamaztli, a Caxcán leader and symbol of the indigenous resistance during the Mixton War, was created by the Jalisciense sculptor Luis Larios Orozco and developed on 30 December 1961 in the Mayor of Guadalajara Park. This commemorative work sought to pay tribute to Tenamaztli, who led the rebellion against Spanish rule in the 16th century, becoming a key figure in the defence of the autonomy of the peoples originating in the West of Mexico. In 1992, as part of a reconfiguration of public space and historical discourse, the sculpture was moved to the staircase of the temple of San Sebastián de Analco. In this new site he shared a symbolic presence with the figure of Cuauhtémoc, also represented in bronze and also migrant from another point of the city. However, the coexistence between the two historical characters from different contexts and geography was not fully consolidated in the urban imaginary.