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Mexican Secretariat of Public Education

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The Mexican Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) building is located near the historic center of Mexico City. It is rich with public history, including a series of murals by the famous Diego Rivera. The building currently serves as the headquarters for SEP, which has many purposes, including maintaining public schools and ensuring that the educational requirements of the Mexican Constitution are upheld.

In the courtyard is a statue of Benito Juarez with a child. Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until he died in office in 1872.

Ministry of Public Education

Ministry of Public Education Quarter

Benito Juarez Statue

North Carolina Zoo Visit

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The North Carolina Zoo, formerly the North Carolina Zoological Park, is a zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina. It houses 1,700 animals of more than 250 species, primarily from Africa and North America. The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is the world’s largest natural habitat zoo, covering over 2,800 acres.

We visited the zoo in March 2025 and will post photos here.

The welcome sign has metal statues of elephants. The regular jeep for safaris is out of commission, but merely for display.

North Carolina Zoo Sign

Statues of Elephants

Not Ready for Safari

Claiborne Farm

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Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred horse breeding operation near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910 by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie Stud in Albemarle County, Virginia, and has been operated by his family members ever since.

We will post images from a tour there and were surprised to see statues of jockeys instead of horses there.

Claiborne Farm Sign

Jockey Statue

Another Jockey Statue

Peaceful Buddha

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Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. Statues of Buddha, generally under a tree, are found all over India depicting him in a serene, peaceful, and meditative pose.

Peaceful Buddha

Ganesh as Art

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With his elephant head and human body, Ganesha (or Ganesh) is one of the most beloved and popular of all the Hindu gods. This is because he brings good fortune while destroying all obstacles.

Ganesh is depicted as an art form in colorful statues and stone carvings.

Colorful Ganesh
Sculptures in the Garden

Metropolitan Cathedral San Jose

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San José’s (Costa Rica) principal Catholic cathedral was built in 1871. Though rather plain from the outside, the large neoclassical church features a mix of stained-glass works, and assorted sculptures and bas-reliefs. It also has a wonderfully restored 19th-century pipe organ. A well-tended little garden surrounds the church and features a massive marble statue of Pope Juan Paul II

Metropolitan Cathedral San Jose
Church Sculpture

Ganesha Decorations

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Various stone sculptures of Ganesha were decorated daily at our resort in Gujarat, India,

Ganesha, a much-beloved and worshiped deity, is the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. He is also known as the God of wisdom, prosperity, and auspiciousness. A Ganesha statue can be hand-carved in many postures and forms, typically with four or eight arms, holding various symbolic objects.

Decorated Ganesh

Historical Monuments in New Castle

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Historic New Castle, Delaware is located just 10 minutes south of downtown Wilmington. Overlooking the Delaware River, Historic New Castle is the oldest continuously occupied town in the Delaware Valley. Thanks to preservation efforts, this vibrant, fully occupied community remains one of the most important Colonial/Federal villages in America – second only to Williamsburg, Virginia in the number and authenticity of its historic structures.

Pictured below are the New Castle Court House, Immanuel Episcopal Church, Amstel House and a statue of William Penn (founder of Pennsylvania).

Historical Monuments in New Castle

Mother and Student

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The life-size statue Sisters of Mercy founder Mother Catherine McAuley standing next to a female student—uniquely adorned in the St. Vincent’s Academy cardigan sweater with Mercy shield—as a testament to the important role her order, the Sisters of Mercy, played in education in Savannah, Georgia.

Mother and Student

Building the Statue of Unity

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Sardar Patel is credited with uniting all 562 princely states in pre-independent India to build the Republic of India — hence the name of the statue.
Built by over 250 engineers and 3,400 laborers using 70,000 tons of cement, 18,500 tons of reinforcement steel bars, 6,000 tons of structural steel and 1,700 metric tons of bronze.
The height of the statue was fixed as ‘182’ metres to match the total democratic assembly constituencies in the state of Gujarat.
A comparison of the Statue of Unity with other notable monuments in the world:

Statue of Unity Comparison

Statue of Unity – Gujarat, India

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s statue or known as the Statue of Unity is situated in the Indian state of Gujarat. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950) was the first Home Minister of India. The statue is the world’s tallest, standing at a height of 182 meters (597 feet).

Statue of Unity

Nataraja

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Nataraja is a depiction of the Hindu god Shiva as the divine dancer. The sculpture is symbolic of Shiva as the lord of dance and dramatic arts, with its style and proportions made according to Hindu texts on arts.

The dwarf (not a baby) under Nataraja’s feet is Apasmāra, which represents ‘tamas’; ignorance and nonsensical speech. Since then Lord Shiva is also known as ‘Hara’, which means destroyer of ‘Tamas’.

A statue of Nataraja at Shilparamam, Hyderabad …..

Nataraja