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Cárcamo del Río Lerma, Parque Chapultepec, Ciudad de México
En la cámara de ditribución del agua (también conocida como el Cárcamo de Chapultepec") el artista mexicano Diego Rivera pintó un mural conmemorativo y construyó una fuente con la figura de Tlaloc para adornar su exterior. Tlaloc representa el dios del agua y de la lluvia para varias culturas mesoamericanas.
Chapultepec Castle (Spanish: Castillo de Chapultepec) is located on top of Chapultepec Hill. The name Chapultepec stems from the Nahuatl word chapoltepēc which means "at the grasshopper's hill". It is located in the middle of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City at a height of 2,325 meters (7,628 ft) above sea level. The site of the hill was a sacred place for Aztecs, and the buildings atop it have served several purposes during its history, including that of Military Academy, Imperial residence, Presidential home, observatory, and presently, the National Museum of History.
It is the only royal castle in North America that was actually used as the residence of a sovereign: the Mexican Emperor Maximilian I, and his consort Empress Carlota, lived there during the Second Mexican Empire.
4-12-15
inside the castle on top of a hill in Mexico City. this is where a rebellion and important battle happened during the revolution