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Escaleras al Sol, a mural by Retna covers one side of Mario Pani's Cuautemoc building in CDMX

Artist: Retna

Title: Stairway to the Sun [escaleras al sol]

Mural Date: 2017, [Beauty Project México]

Building Name: Cuauhtemoc, by architect Mario Pani built in 1960.

Stories: 21

Neighborhood: Tlatelolco, CDMX

Photo Date: February 2nd, 2020 | Nadia Bouzid


The piece is called Escaleras al Sol  (Stairway to the Sun)

“We are the Sons of our Plumed Serpent. We will return to guide our soul, stretching a hand of peace, with tears in my eyes, I shed the dust from the sight we’ve lost, and I will return to my symbolic form, to land in the shadow of the Sun.”