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Pabellón Coreano, un espacio de paz escondido ubicado en una de las esquinas más transitadas de la Ciudad de México en el Bosque de Chapultepec
Algún tipo de raspado helado con chile picante y limón que vi en el Bosque de Chapultepec en Ciudad de México
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Mexico City, Mexico - Polanco
In English, this is The Inventor of Atole. For those interested, atole is a corn meal (masa) based drink. One of the most popular versions includes chocolate.
In Bosque de Chapultepec for the first time we explored the southern area of the huge park and passed the park aqueduct.
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Construction of the Chapultepec aqueduct began in 1418 with local materials—primarily silt, mud, and tree trunks making it a fragile structure.
Iin 1449 it collapsed, leaving the city without a water supply for many weeks.
Th e present aqueduct built around 1620, began at Chapultepec spring and ended at Salto del Agua (4 kilometers long).
It remained in operation until the Conquest, when Hernán Cortés ordered part of its structure demolished to limit the drinking water supply.
After the Conquest, the aqueduct was rebuilt in 1711.
It had 904 arches an carried water from the Chapultepec springs to a fountain "Salto del Agua" (Water Falls).
A replica of this fountain is preserved at the intersection of Izazaga Street and the Lázaro Cárdenas Central Axis. Tthe original is in the National Museum of the Viceroyalty, in Tepotzotlán.
In the city below Chapultepec Park on Chapultepec Avenue, 20 arches remain.
City skyline from Bosque de Chapultepec in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Making our way to Chapultepec Park Zoo we passed Fuente Las Ninfas.
The fountain is by sculptor Francisco Zúñiga and is noted for its two slender female figures. It was added to the park in 1964.
José Jesús Francisco Zúñiga Chavarría (December 27, 1912 – August 9, 1998 was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist, known for his paintings and sculptures. Zúñiga created over thirty five public sculptures.
Day 2 in Mexico City and we planned to visit Panteón (cemetery) de Dolores in Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Park).
The cemetery visit didn't happen - it was closed to the public during a restoration project so we carried on to visit other parts of the huge park - 686 hectares (1695 acres - double the size of Central Park in New York City).
Chapultepec Park is the oldest and largest urban park in Latin America, and one of the oldest urban parks in the world.
Originally sited on the outskirts of the city, today this large forested area is completely surrounded by the urban center.
John can sit on the park narrow gauge tourist train until hell freezes over, it is no longer in service. Toot ! Toot !
The train set is parked next to the park Architecture & Design complex. The attraction was not open, we arrived too early.
I visited the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City. Chac-Mool means Red Claw and is a Mayan artifact from the ruins of Chichen Itza in the Yucatan. Chac-Mool is a messenger between man and the gods. He was charged with bringing offerings to the gods that were placed in his abdominal cavity.
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Estaba buscando en mi archivo fotográfico la siguiente fotografía para subir, una que continuará con el tema agua, reflejos y aves y descubrí que increíblemente aún no había compartido está imagen tan especial.
No solo es muy importante para mí por haber sido durante un hermoso día de paseo que compartí con mi mamá o por congelar el asombroso momento de una garza (garceta grande) pescando sino también porque está foto quedó entre las 10 finalistas en el concurso de fotografía probosque organizado por El bosque de Chapultepec y la revista National Geographic en español en 2018.
Aunque no gane en aquella ocasión, se sintió tan increíble que una de mis fotografías, de algo que podría considerarse tan común, sobresaliera entre miles, llegará tan lejos y me brindará está gran y maravillosa experiencia para mí crecimiento como fotógrafo.
In Bosque de Chapultepec for the first time we explored the southern area of the huge park and passed the park aqueduct.
2 of 2.
Construction of the Chapultepec aqueduct began in 1418 with local materials—primarily silt, mud, and tree trunks making it a fragile structure.
Iin 1449 it collapsed, leaving the city without a water supply for many weeks.
The current aqueduct built around 1620, began at Chapultepec spring and ended at Salto del Agua (4 kilometers long). It remained in operation until the Conquest, when Hernán Cortés ordered part of its structure demolished to limit the drinking water supply.
After the Conquest, the aqueduct was rebuilt in 1711.
It had 904 arches an carried water from the Chapultepec springs to a fountain - "Salto del Agua" (Water Falls).
A replica of this fountain is still preserved at the intersection of Izazaga Street and the Lázaro Cárdenas Central Axis. Tthe original is in the National Museum of the Viceroyalty, in Tepotzotlán.
In the city, below Chapultepec Park on Chapultepec Avenue,, 20 arches remain.
The Danza de los Voladores (Dance of the Flyers), or Palo Volador (Pole Flying), is an ancient Mesoamerican ceremony/ritual still performed today, albeit in modified form, in isolated pockets in Mexico. It is believed to have originated with the Nahua, Huastec and Otomi peoples in central Mexico, and then spread throughout most of Mesoamerica. The ritual consists of dance and the climbing of a 30 meter pole from which four of the five participants then launch themselves tied with ropes to descend to the ground. The fifth remains on top of the pole, dancing and playing a flute and drum. According to one myth, the ritual was created to ask the gods to end a severe drought. Although the ritual did not originate with the Totonac people, today it is strongly associated with them, especially those in and around Papantla in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The ceremony was named an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in order to help the ritual survive and thrive in the modern world. [From Wikipedia]