3D print the Ángel de la Independencia
A free, printable model of the Ángel de la Independencia, its slim column, winged figure and stepped base, with the roundabout and tall buildings around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Ángel de la Independencia
The Ángel de la Independencia, called El Ángel for short and officially the Monumento a la Independencia, is a victory column standing in a roundabout in the center of Mexico City, on the avenue Paseo de la Reforma. The architect Antonio Rivas Mercado built it in 1910, when Porfirio Díaz was president, to mark the centennial of the start of Mexico's War of Independence. It later became a tomb for the foremost heroes of the conflict, and people gather there to celebrate and to protest.
The column is 36 meters (118 ft) high, made of steel covered in quarried stone ornamented with garlands, palms and rings bearing the names of Independence figures. A two-hundred step staircase inside leads to a viewpoint. The base is quadrangular, with a bronze sculpture at each vertex symbolizing law, war, justice and peace. Enrique Alciati made the 6.7 meter (22 ft) statue of Nike on top, bronze covered with 24k gold, which holds a laurel crown in one hand and a broken three-link chain in the other.
Nine steps originally led to the base, but fourteen more were added because of land subsidence. On January 2, 1902, the foundation stone went down, and in May 1906 the sides of the monument collapsed, which led to a demolition and restart because the foundations had been poorly planned. It was inaugurated on September 16, 1910, a century after the Grito de Dolores. An earthquake in 1957 brought the winged statue down, and the monument reopened on September 16, 1958, after it was restored.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 13 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 16 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 20 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Tiny winged figure on top
- The winged figure at the top has thin wings and a raised arm. Print friendly adapts thin parts like these to your print scale; Full detail keeps them, best on a larger print with 0.12 to 0.16 mm layers.
- Tall, slim column
- The shaft is a long, slender cylinder on a stepped base. Printing slowly with good cooling keeps the upper column clean.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Ángel de la Independencia takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Ángel de la Independencia is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Ángel de la Independencia STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Ángel de la Independencia grows with the print: about 13 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
