El Mono Bichi: A Symbol of Nogales - A Virtual Conversation + Q&A Session

Join Assistant Professor of Practice in Architecture Robert Vint for a conversation of El Mono Bichi: A Symbol of Nogales.

Ask any Nogalense (citizen of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico) for a symbol representative of the city's identity, and they will likely acknowledge the border community's tall statue of a man spearing a creature at its feet which is directly behind another statue of the 19th century Mexican president, Benito Juarez. This "monument to reason" as it is known has a fascinating story and symbolism behind its imagery which will be discussed in this Zoom forum on the iconic Mono Bichi statue with Tucson architect and professor Robert Vint who consulted on its precarious yet successful transfer to its present location in 2009.

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