Parque Xicoténcatl
Parque Xicoténcatl is a public park in the Churubusco neighborhood of Coyoacán, Mexico City. It is located across from the Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones, which details foreign attacks since Mexican independence. The park is named after warrior prince Xicotencatl II of the Tlaxcala who was executed in 1521 after the fall of Tenochtitlan.[1]
The park was derelict prior to being nationalized and given its current name in 1965. It contains 6,000 m2 of trees[2] and three talavera azulejo water fountains.[3]
President José López Portillo commissioned a sculpture of Hernán Cortés, Doña Marina, and their son Martín. The 1981 statue by Julián Martínez Sotos was originally placed in front of Cortés's house in Coyoacán. After López Portillo left office, the sculpture was moved to Parque Xicoténcatl.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Parque Xicohténcatl". mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx. Government of Mexico City.
- ^ Cera, Diego (2 December 2019). "El Parque Xicoténcatl en Coyoacán – 6 mil m² de árboles y fuentes de talavera". local.mx (in Spanish).
- ^ "No dejes de conocer el Parque Xicoténcatl en la Alcaldía Coyoacán" (in Spanish). December 2019.
- ^ Culture : Mexico Confronts Cortes--Again : It’s time to quit vilifying the Spanish ‘Father of Mexico’ and give him his due, two famous authors argue. Los Angeles Times, Marjorie Miller, March 31, 1992
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