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Plaza Río De Janeiro
Plaza Río de Janeiro (originally Plaza Roma) is a public park in Roma, Mexico City. It is east of Fuente de Cibeles (Mexico City), Fuente de Cibeles and north of Plaza Luis Cabrera. The central feature of Plaza Río de Janeiro is a fountain with a replica of Michelangelo’s David (Michelangelo), David. This plaza is surrounded by old mansions and modern residential buildings. The first name of the square was Parque Roma; later it was changed to Parque Orizaba, due to the North-South street that intersects the park. In 1922 it was renamed Plaza Río de Janeiro at the initiative of José Vasconcelos, then Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico) , Secretary of Public Education, possibly because Mexico was invited to attend the celebration of the centenary of Independence of Brazil, Brazil's independence that year. References Colonia Roma Parks in Mexico City {{MexicoDistritoFederal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma, Mexico City
Colonia Roma, also called La Roma or simply, Roma, is a district located in the Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City just west of the Historic center of Mexico City, city's historic center. The area comprises two ''colonia (Mexico), colonias'': Roma Norte and Roma Sur, divided by Coahuila street. The colonia was originally planned as an upper-class Porfirio Díaz, Porfirian neighborhood in the early twentieth century. By the 1940s, it had become a middle-class neighborhood in slow decline, with the downswing being worsened by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Since the 2000s, the area has seen increasing gentrification. Roma and neighbouring Condesa are known for being the epicenter of trendy/hipster (contemporary subculture), hipster subculture in the city, and Roma has consequently been called the "Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Williamsburg of Mexico City". Additionally, the area rivals Polanco as the center of the city's culinary scene. Besides residential building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
