EDUARDO CARRILLO:
FATHER HIDALGO RANG THE BELL OF DOLORES
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
Date
1979
Location
Placita de Dolores, exterior
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument
Alameda St. near Macy
Media Notes
Hand-made ceramic tiles, 8' x 44'
Description
This mural was commissioned to complement a replica of the Bell of Dolores, which was donated to Los Angeles by the Mexican government in 1968. When Father Hidalgo rang the original bell in Dolores, Mexico, on September 16, 1810, his action became the opening salvo of the Mexican Wars of Independence (from Spain).
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