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Parque De La Exposición
The Park of the Exhibition (), known between 1999 and 2004 as the Grand Park of Lima (), is a park located in the neighbourhood of Santa Beatriz, itself part of the buffer zone of the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It was built to replace the Walls of Lima, city's walls, demolished as part of a citywide renovation project in order to host an Lima International Exhibition, international exhibition in 1872. History The park was occupied by the south gate of the Walls of Lima, known as ''Puerta de Guadalupe''. In the 1870s President José Balta ordered the demolition of these walls within its modernisation plan of the city. It was planned that this location would be aimed at building a park that would house the Lima International Exhibition of 1872. Thus, alongside the park, rose the Palacio de la Exposición (now the Lima Art Museum). The park plan was made by and Italy, Italian architect Antonio Leonardi. Its design was neo-Renaissance and included the construction of pavilions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other municipal corporation, incorporated places that offers open space reserve, green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors. Urban parks are generally Landscape architecture, landscaped by design, instead of lands left in their natural state. The design, operation and maintenance, repair and operations, maintenance is usually done by government agencies, typically on the local government, local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a park conservancy, "friends of" group, or private sector company. Depending on size, budget, and land features, which varies considerably among individual parks, common features include playgrounds, gardens, hiking, running, fitness trails or paths, bridle paths, sports fields and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
