Zócalo Gets Thousands of LED Bulbs for Revolution Anniversary
Crews are installing thousands of LED bulbs in the Zócalo for the Nov. 20 Revolution anniversary, including a panel of three women of the Revolution.
Workers have started installing commemorative lights in the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main square, for the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution on Nov. 20. The installation began after the Mega Catrina, the display that stood in the square for the Day of the Dead celebrations, was taken down, El Universal reported.
The city’s Secretariat of Public Works and Services (Sobse) told the newspaper that the decoration will use thousands of colored LED bulbs to light the capital’s historic center around the holiday.
Two monumental sets on city government buildings
According to Sobse, the display is built around two large sets of lights. Both will be placed on the facades of Mexico City government buildings on the Plaza de la Constitución, the official name of the Zócalo. One set is dedicated to Francisco Ignacio Madero and the other to Emiliano Zapata.
Because the sets go on the government buildings that face the square, the decoration will be seen from across the plaza, the same open space where the Mega Catrina stood through the Day of the Dead period.
A luminous panel of three women on 20 de Noviembre
A third piece will stand at the mouth of the street 20 de Noviembre, which shares its name with the holiday date. It is a luminous panel, a picture made of lights, that represents three women who took part in the Revolution: Petra Herrera, Adela Velarde and Carmen Serdán.
With the panel, the anniversary lighting pairs two sets named for Madero and Zapata with a tribute to women of the Revolution, so the Zócalo carries both kinds of commemoration at once.
What this means for visitors to the Zócalo
The square will look different from how it did during the Day of the Dead celebrations. The bulbs will light up the first square of the capital, the historic core around the Zócalo, as the Nov. 20 commemoration approaches. Residents and visitors who pass through will see the two sets on the government building facades and the panel at the start of 20 de Noviembre.
The area around the Zócalo holds many other sights, and a guide to landmarks in Centro Histórico lists places to see nearby.
Sobse gave the details to El Universal while the installation was getting under way. The anniversary itself falls on Nov. 20.
Source: El Universal
