Parque Hundido

The floral clock and flag.

Parque Hundido is the common name for the park named Luis G. Urbina located in Mexico City. The translation of its common name is "Sunken Park". The Luis G. Park Urbina park is located on the perimeters of the Colonia Extremadura Insurgentes, in the zone of Mixcoac near Colonia del Valle and next to Colonia Nochebuena. It is one of the most famous parks in Mexico City and it is highlighted by many original attractions.

Its history dates back to the time when the land of the Porfiriato, which once occupied the brick-making company Ladrillera Nochebuena[1] several species of trees were planted thus creating the forest Nochebuena.

In the late thirties, having paved and widened the Avenue de los Insurgentes, the city government decided to use the beautiful setting of the forest, which offered several levels of land due to the operation of brick kilns in the area, to create a new park. Its layout comprises gardens, walkways and fountains for visitors to enjoy.

In 1972, several reproductions of archaeological pieces distributed in various parts of the park were placed. Six routes were made: the highlands, the Zapotec, Mayan, Olmec, Totonac, and Huastec, with artistic reproductions of precolombian stone work; each route was marked with a distinctively colored line on the floor.

One of it important attractions is a floral clock, created by a prestigious watchmaker of Puebla; it is located at the end of a wide staircase that leads to a square named Plaza Dolores del Río, in tribute to one of the great divas of golden era of cinema in Mexico.

Elsewhere in the park there is an audiorama for up to 141 people, surrounded by lush vegetation, suitable for listening to classical music and poetry.

In the corner of Insurgentes Avenue and Porfirio Díaz is a statue of Vicente Guerrero on a horse; in this corner, from the seventies, every Sunday of the year a group of cyclists come together for bike rides. AC Bicycletero Movement, originated under the statue of the hero of Independence of Mexico, and under the name of Biciperros still perform Sunday walks free to all.

Notes

Coordinates: 19°22′41″N 99°10′44″W / 19.37806°N 99.17889°W / 19.37806; -99.17889

References

  1. ↑ Note: Nochebuena translates to Christas Eve.


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