THE HORSE TOWER

TORRE DEL CABALLITO

The horse tower is a building located on

Paseo de la Reforma #10. The horse tower
was built in 1976. It took over twelve years
to start, because there were some problems
at first, but they seem to have been solved.
It was two hundred twenty-five meters of
high, now it has one hundred thirty-five
meters of high.
The horse tower was completed in 1993
It took over seventeen years to complete by
Grupo
Posadas
de
Mxico.
The building was isolated and it can
withstand earthquakes of a magnitude
greater than 8.0 on the Richter scale.
The structure had been designed to
withstand winds of more than 257
kilometers per hour.
The building was called Caballito in honor
the statue, It was made by Enrique Carbajal.
It was removed to Plaza Manuel Tolsa that
is in front of Palacio de Mineria.

Sal Chvez Fernndez

Bibliographic references: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_del_Caballito