Current Watch Site

Ruta de la Amistad, or the Route of Friendship, consists of twenty-two large-scale sculptures that were commissioned ahead of the 1968 Summer Olympics to serve as permanent markers of the event in the landscape of Mexico City. Τhe sculptures were designed by artists of international renown hailing from five continents and were primarily constructed of concrete and steel. (...)

Ruta de la Amistad, or the Route of Friendship, consists of twenty-two large-scale sculptures that were commissioned ahead of the 1968 Summer Olympics to serve as permanent markers of the event in the landscape of Mexico City. Τhe sculptures were designed by artists of international renown hailing from five continents and were primarily constructed of concrete and steel. Nineteen of the sculptures were spread along a 17-kilometer route that united distant Olympic venues, and which has since developed into a major highway around Mexico City, the Periférico Sur. The ensemble was completed by three special commissions that were installed near the route. Threatened by demolition after the conclusion of the games, the sculptures were neglected over the years and they faded into obscurity as their immediate contexts and the surrounding landscape changed drastically with time. Recently, the preservation of many of the sculptures was directly threatened by the project to construct an elevated second level above the existing highway.