The Estela de Luz (Stele of Light) is a monument in Mexico City built in 2011 to commemorate the bicentenary of Mexico's independence from Spanish rule. Its design was the winning entry in an invited competition to seek the best combination of Mexico's past and future; the design uses quartz and electric lighting to achieve this effect. The main use of the Estela De Luz will be for cultural events. The monument is popularly known as the suavicrema (a brand of ice cream wafer) due to the resemblance on its shape to said wafer.