Garden sights in Mexico City
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Jardín de la Bombilla
In this tropically abundant park spreading east of Av Insurgentes, paths encircle the Monumento a Álvaro Obregón, a monolithic shrine to the postrevolutionary Mexican president. The monument was built to house the revolutionary general’s arm, lost in the 1915 Battle of Celaya, but for some reason the limb was cremated in 1989. ‘La Bombilla’ was the name of the restaurant that once occupied this spot where Obregón was assassinated during a banquet in 1928. The killer, José de León Toral, was involved in the Cristero rebellion against the government’s anti-Church policies. In July, the park explodes with color as the main venue for Feria de las Flores, a major flower fes…
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Jardín Botánico
Gardening is an ancient pastime in Mexico – Nezahualcóyotl was planting cypresses here six centuries ago for their sheer aesthetic value – and the recently opened Jardín Botánico, 300m east of the anthropology museum, carries the tradition forward. Highlighting Mexico’s plant diversity, the 4-hectare complex is divided into sections that reflect the country’s varied climate zones, with a special emphasis on the plants and trees of central Mexico. Still in a nascent stage, it features a desertlike patch of diminutive cacti and a greenhouse full of rare orchids.
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Jardín De La Solidaridad
The little park-like plaza in front of the Museo Mural Diego Rivera is the Solidarity Garden, created in 1986 on the site of the old Hotel Regis to commemorate the struggle of Mexico City's residents to rebuild their city after the earthquake of 1985. People gather here to play and watch open-air chess.
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