MANUEL CRUZ: MOCTEZUMA



Photo © Robin Dunitz

Date
1980

Location
3277 Brooklyn Ave. (mural on Bernal Ave.), Boyle Heights
El Moctezuma Cafe, exterior

Media Notes
Acrylic on stucco

Description
A scene of the Spanish arrival on Mexican shores, including a confrontation between the Spanish and the Aztecs. Moctezuma was the emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish Conquest.




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