The Jardín de San Marcos ( en, San Marcos Garden;

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Garden) is a public garden located in the ''

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de San Marcos'' in the historic centre of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico, Has a various types of

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and

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species. It has paths throughout the garden which have on their sides the iconic bronze statues representatives of the regional culture. For the 434th Anniversary of the foundation of Aguascalientes City, the Garden would close its doors for a remodeling, It will reopen on October 22, 2009 where some bronze statues would be included which would be placed throughout the Garden representing the residents of the barrio in those years. The garden is used mainly during the ''

Feria Nacional de San Marcos The ''Feria Nacional de San Marcos'' (San Marcos Fair) is a national fair held in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes every year for three (or sometimes four) weeks. Most of the events related to the fair, however, occur in the city of Aguascali ...

'' and which also gives the name to this Fair.

History

Since the expansion and incorporation of San Marcos to the Aguascalientes City, it only had a small square, the residents would ask the City Council for a larger recreation area to meet the needs of the inhabitants. On May 3, 1842, the land would be granted to create a park. A central roundabout, a flagpole and some benches surrounded by rose bushes were built on it. The construction of the

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began in 1842, promoted by the Governor of Aguascalientes and the magnum opus would end in 1842. The balustrade is neoclassical in pink quarry, with four entrances, one on each side of the garden, facing the four cardinal points. In 1887, four fountains distributed in each corner of the garden were added, ninety iron benches were also added. The surface that made up the Garden formed a rectangle, each side measuring 168 meters long by 88 meters wide. The inauguration of the

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took place in 1891, being it made of cast iron, twenty vases and a fountain. De_pinta,_escultura_del_Jardín_de_San_Marcos

On October 22, 2009, it was extensively remodeled. One of the most relevant transformations of the garden was the placement of bronze sculptures that represented the inhabitants of Aguascalientes from the old Barrio. Inside the

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s there is a flower seller, children playing, galleros, boleros, bullfighters and others. some statues based on works by prominent Aguascalientes artists such as Saturnino Herrán and

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In the culture

*The architect

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during the construction of the

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(Nonoalco Tlatelolco Urban Complex) would build an exact replica of the San Marcos, called the Jardín Santiago, due to their accuracy these gardens are known as ''Los Jardines Gemelos'' (The Twin Gardens). *The Aguascalientes-based

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company,

Leche San Marcos Leche (Spanish: "milk") may refer to: * Leche (surname) * ''Leche'' (Fobia album), 1993 * ''Leche'' (Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas album), 1999 * ''Leche'', a 2010 album by Gregory and the Hawk * Leche frita, a Spanish sweet See also * Lagu ...

owes its name to both the garden and the neighborhood.

References

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