Monumento a la Raza (Mexico City)

The Monumento a la Raza is a 50-meter (160 ft) high pyramid in northern Mexico City. It stands at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes, Circuito Interior and Calzada Vallejo, within the Cuauhtémoc borough.

The monument is composed of three superimposed truncated pyramids, adorned with various sculptures along its sides and crowned by a large eagle. The structure was designed by Francisco Borbolla, while the sculptural elements and overall layout were conceived by Luis Lelo de Larrea. Many of the artworks date back to the Porfiriato period. The copper-and-steel eagle was cast by the French animalier Georges Gardet, and the bronze high reliefs were created by the Mexican sculptor Jesús Fructuoso Contreras. Originally, the eagle was intended to sit atop the never-completed Federal Legislative Palace—later replaced with the Monumento a la Revolución in downtown Mexico City. The reliefs were inspired by those made for the Aztec Palace, presented in the Mexican pavilion of the 1889 Paris Exposition.

Construction of the monument began in 1930 and was completed a decade later. It was inaugurated in 1940, on the Día de la Raza (Columbus Day), and it is dedicated to la Raza—the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and their descendants. Although the monument drew criticism from writers and historians for incorporating Porfirian-era elements and for its caricatured representation of Mesoamerican architecture, it helped establish the area's identity as "La Raza" and the naming of several nearby landmarks.

Maintenance of the monument declined beginning in 2022, during which time it was vandalized and used as an improvised shelter by homeless people. It was restored in 2025.