<P> La Antorcha de la Amistad (Spanish for "The Torch of Friendship") is a monumental abstract sculpture that stands in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States of America . The artist of the sculpture is world - renowned Mexican sculptor, Sebastián, and was commissioned by a group of Mexican businessmen living in the United States and friends of Mexico . The sculpture was presented as a gift from the Mexican government to the City of San Antonio in 2002 . It was unveiled on June 27, 2002, by the artist, Mayor Edward D. Garza, and then--Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Mexico and political analyst Jorge Castañeda Gutman . </P> <P> The sculpture stands at nearly 65 ft (20 m), and weighs more than 45 tons (40,800 kg). The medium is enameled iron . It is located in the middle of a traffic rotary (the intersection of Losoya, Commerce, Market, and Alamo Streets) in Downtown San Antonio, an area known by international tourists for the Paseo del Rio, or River Walk, and the Alamo . </P>

La antorcha de la amistad spanish for the torch of friendship