The Spanish expression la Raza has historically been used to refer to the mixed-race populations, considered as an ethnic or racial unit historically deriving from the Spanish Empire, and the process of racial intermixing during the Spanish colonization of the Americas with the indigenous populations of the Americas.
The Monumento a La Raza at Avenida de los Insurgentes, Mexico City (inaugurated 12 October 1940)
Text by Rubén Darío ("Salutación del optimista", 1905) inscribed on the Monumento a la Raza in Seville (1929). Translation: 'Illustrious, most fruitful races, fecund blood of Hispania, fraternal spirits, lumious souls, greetings!'
Propaganda poster by the Argentine government (1947) advocating a "strong, industrious, peaceful and sovereign race".
Monumento a la Raza (Mexico City)
The Monumento a la Raza is a 50 meters (160 ft) high pyramid in northern Mexico City. It is located in the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes, Circuito Interior and Calzada Vallejo, in the Cuauhtémoc borough.
The north side of the monument in 2006
The pyramid under construction in the late 1930s
The Aztec Palace presented by Mexico at the 1889 Paris Exposition
A replica of the eagle on top of the monument
