Nezahualcoyotl - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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N 20° 36.884 W 105° 13.987
13Q E 475710 N 2279527
Nezahualcoyotl (who was known as the poet-King of the pre-Columbian city-state of Texcoco) is one of three figures in this sculpture.
Waymark Code: WMAJK4
Location: Mexico
Date Posted: 01/21/2011
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This impressive 2000 work is entitled Los Melenios and the artist is Mathis Lídice Guerrero.
This website (
visit link) explains the work thusly:
"The first sculpture on the north end of the Malecón, “The Millenium” spirals upwards and represents the evolution of life. At the bottom of the piece, you’ll find two of the basic components of life – a DNA double helix and a dividing cell. As you follow the spiral up, you’ll see an octopus, fish, frogs, and lizards. The first human depicted is a sword-wielding Charlemagne, king of the Franks in the 8th and 9th centuries. Next is Nezahualcoyotl, the poet-king of Texcoco in 15th century Mexico. At the pinnacle of the sculpture is a female figure, a dove in her outstretched hands – perhaps signifying Lídice’s hope for a peaceful future?"
Nezahualcoyotl (April 28, 1402 – June 4, 1472) was a poet and is apparently best remembered for his vision of an Unknowable Lord of Everywhere to whom he built a temple in which no human or animal sacrifice was permitted...although in other temples those practices continued.