Altar a la Patria

E51303

monument war memorial

Altar a la Patria is a monumental memorial in Mexico City honoring the Niños Héroes, cadets who died defending Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican–American War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Niños Héroes	11
Altar a la Patria canonical	6
Los Niños Héroes	1
boy heroes of Chapultepec	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404400 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Altar a la Patria
Context triple: [Bosque de Chapultepec, hasPart, Altar a la Patria]

A. Angel of Independence
The Angel of Independence is a prominent golden victory column and monument in Mexico City that commemorates the country’s War of Independence and serves as an iconic national symbol.
B. Monumento a la Revolución
The Monumento a la Revolución is a monumental arch and mausoleum in Mexico City commemorating the Mexican Revolution and housing the remains of several of its key revolutionary leaders.
C. Nueva Paz
Nueva Paz is a municipality in western Cuba known for its rural character and location within the province surrounding Havana.
D. Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
E. Estelada
The Estelada is a pro-independence Catalan flag featuring a star within a triangle beside the traditional Catalan stripes, widely used as a symbol of Catalan nationalism and the movement for Catalonia’s independence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Altar a la Patria
Target entity description: Altar a la Patria is a monumental memorial in Mexico City honoring the Niños Héroes, cadets who died defending Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican–American War.

A. Angel of Independence
The Angel of Independence is a prominent golden victory column and monument in Mexico City that commemorates the country’s War of Independence and serves as an iconic national symbol.
B. Monumento a la Revolución
The Monumento a la Revolución is a monumental arch and mausoleum in Mexico City commemorating the Mexican Revolution and housing the remains of several of its key revolutionary leaders.
C. Nueva Paz
Nueva Paz is a municipality in western Cuba known for its rural character and location within the province surrounding Havana.
D. Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
E. Estelada
The Estelada is a pro-independence Catalan flag featuring a star within a triangle beside the traditional Catalan stripes, widely used as a symbol of Catalan nationalism and the movement for Catalonia’s independence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monument ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Altar de la Patria ⓘ Monument to the Niños Héroes ⓘ surface form: Monumento a los Niños Héroes
architect	Enrique Aragón Echegaray ⓘ
category	Bosque de Chapultepec ⓘ surface form: Chapultepec Park Mexican–American War memorials ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Mexico City ⓘ
commemorates	Battle of Chapultepec ⓘ Mexican–American War ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1952 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1947 ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Mexican military cadets ⓘ cadets of the Heroic Military College ⓘ
hasPart	central statue of a mother holding a fallen son ⓘ inscribed urn with remains of the Niños Héroes ⓘ six marble columns ⓘ
hasSymbol	Mexican national emblem ⓘ eagle ⓘ laurel wreaths ⓘ
hasVisitorAccess	yes ⓘ
heritage	part of Mexican historical memory ⓘ
honours	Altar a la Patria self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Niños Héroes
inauguratedBy	Lázaro Cárdenas del Río ⓘ surface form: Lázaro Cárdenas
inaugurationDate	1952 ⓘ
languageOfInscription	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Bosque de Chapultepec ⓘ surface form: Chapultepec Park Mexico City ⓘ Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City ⓘ
materialUsed	white marble ⓘ
memorialFor	Agustín Melgar ⓘ Fernando Montes de Oca ⓘ Francisco Márquez ⓘ Juan Escutia ⓘ Juan de la Barrera ⓘ Vicente Suárez ⓘ
memorialType	military memorial ⓘ
near	Chapultepec Castle ⓘ Paseo de la Reforma ⓘ
numberOfColumns	6 ⓘ
operator	Government of Mexico ⓘ
ownedBy	Government of Mexico ⓘ
sculptor	Ernesto Tamariz ⓘ
significance	national symbol of sacrifice ⓘ site of official commemorations of the Niños Héroes ⓘ
style	monumental architecture ⓘ
subjectOf	Mexican civic ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited