Plaza Cisneros ( es, Plaza de Cisneros), also known as Luces Park or Lights Park ( es, Parque de las Luces), is a plaza in
Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...
, Colombia. It is named after the Cuban engineer Francisco Javier Cisneros, who led the construction of the
Antioquia Railway
The Antioquia Railway ( es, Ferrocarril de Antioquia) is a historic railway system in Colombia of freight and passenger trains that joined much of the central regions of the Antioquia department along the Magdalena river, and ultimately extend ...
. It has an artificial forest of 300 light poles, which are up to 24 meters high. The plaza used to be the main marketplace of the city.
The plaza was renovated with its current light fixtures as part of a renewal effort to rejuvenate the area. This project was called "Medellí is light".
The plaza is located among the EPM Library and the Carre and Vásquez Buildings, and the Antioquia Railway Station.
Gallery
File:Plaza de Mercado 1920 (Fachada)-Medellin.jpg, Old marketplace at Plaza Cisneros
See also
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Cisneros station
References
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Parks in Medellín