Alameda Central
Alameda Central | |
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Mexico City, Mexico | |
Coordinates | 19°26′08″N 99°08′38″W / 19.43556°N 99.14389°W |
Alameda Central is a public
Description
The Alameda Central park is a green garden with paved paths and decorative
Public art
Fountains and statues in the park include:
- Beethoven Monument
- Benito Juárez Hemicycle
- Désespoire
- Fountain of Mercury
- Fountain of Neptune
- Fountain of Venus
- Fountain of Virgin (central fountain)
- Gladiador frigio
- Gladiador romano
- La Primavera
- Las Danaides
- Malgré Tout
- Statue of Alexander von Humboldt
History
The original park was less than half the size of the current one, reaching only from where the Palacio de Bellas Artes is now to the location of the Hemiciclo de Juárez. What is now the western section of the park originally was a plain plaza built during the
The five classical fountains are of French design and inspired by Greco-Roman mythology. More statues were added to the park in the 19th century.
By the late 19th century, the park included a bandstand and gas (now electric) lamps. On the south side of the park, facing toward the street is the Hemiciclo a Juárez, which is a large white semi-circular monument to Benito Juárez, one of Mexico's most beloved presidents.[4]
The park's statues include
In 2012, the park went through a rehabilitation which began in May and was completed in December. The renewal included replacing the damaged pavement with marble, the improvement of the vegetation (including the planting of new trees), new light posts, and improvement of existing park features (e.g. benches and the fountains).[7] As part of the rehabilitation, the once ubiquitous street vendors are no longer allowed to operate within the park.[8]
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Views of the Alameda (today called Alameda Central) and theMuseum of the Americas, Madrid.[9]
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La Alameda de México, anonymous painter, 18th century, Mexico City.Museum of the Americas, Madrid.[10]
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Plan of the Alameda, ca. 18th century
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The Alameda of Mexico, taken from a balloon, Casimiro Castro, ca. 1869. New York Public Library.[12]
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Detail of Diego Rivera's Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central, 1947
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1944 aerial photo of the Alameda Central[13]
During the
Gallery
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Aerial view and adjacent buildings
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Benito Juárez Hemicycle, 1910
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Beethoven Monument, 1921
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View of the park before the 2012 rehabilitation. Note the many street vendors.
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One of the various fountains within the park
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One of the paths through the park
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Gladiador frigio by José María Labastida (bronze copy)
See also
References
- ISBN 9781631214097.
Just west of Bellas Artes, the Alameda Central is the largest green space in the center of the city and the oldest public park in the Americas.
- ^ "Three Kings Day in Mexico, a holiday in flux". LA Times Blogs - La Plaza. 6 January 2011.
Consider the scene this week at the Alameda Central, the downtown Mexico City park historians describe as the oldest planned urban green space in the Americas.
- ^ "Cumplirá la Alameda Central 413 años". archivo.eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). El Universal. 10 January 2005.
- ^ ISBN 1-86450-087-5.
- ^ ISBN 1-56691-612-7.
- ISBN 978-3034301381.
- ^ "Rehabilitación de la Alameda Central y su Entorno". obrasenmiciudad.df.gob.mx. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ "Ambulantes no volverán a la Alameda Central: Ebrard". Azteca Noticias. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- Ministry of Culture and Sport (Spain)(Museum of the Americas website). Spain.
- ISBN 9686963367.
- Amparo Museumwebsite.
- ^ "Items: The Alameda of Mexico, taken from a balloon". The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
- ^ Admin. Rafael G. Córdova, Advisory Counselor (30 April 2013). "ALAMEDA CENTRAL, TRADICIÓN E HISTORIA DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO". Association of Friends of Museo de Arte Popular.
- ^ Fernando Gutiérrez (2023) ‘I will stay here’: public space and social inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of Urban Design, https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2023.2245336
External links
- Media related to Alameda Central (Mexico City) at Wikimedia Commons