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    Manuel Vicente Tolsá Sarrión (Enguera, Valencia, Spain, May 4, 1757 – Mexico City, December 24, 1816) was a prolific Neoclassical architect and sculptor...
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    Tacuba Street opposite the Plaza Manuel Tolsá and the equestrian statue (Carlos IV of Spain) also sculpted by Tolsá. The history of the Palace of Mines...
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    is considered one of the finest achievements of Mr. Tolsá. It now resides in Plaza Manuel Tolsá. The project was initiated by Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca...
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  • Tolsá may refer to: Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor Equestrian statue of Charles IV, also "Caballito de Tolsá", a statue in Mexico City Tolsa railway station...
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    of Charles IV of Spain ("El Caballito") has since been moved to Plaza Manuel Tolsá Ignacio de la Torre was the maternal uncle of Pierre de Polignac, the...
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    was made by Agustín Paz and executed by the Neoclassicist architect Manuel Tolsá. In 1904 the collegiate church was elevated to the rank of basilica....
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    feature of the redesigned plaza was an equestrian statue of Charles IV by Manuel Tolsá. It was first placed in the southeastern corner of the plaza, first on...
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    Guadalajara in 1796 and engaged Manuel Tolsá, a renowned architect from Mexico City, to design the structure. Tolsá's design was based on classic examples...
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  • soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825) 1757 – Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in...
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    When he was replaced by Manuel Tolsá, architect and sculptor driver of the Neoclassical, who arrived in the country in 1791. Tolsá is in charge of completing...
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