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Popularly known as the Barrio Antiguo (Spanish old quarter) comprise what is preserved from the historical quarter of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Currently located next to the Government Palace and the Macroplaza, it originally covered a larger space from the Santa Catarina River to 5 de Mayo Street, south to north, and from ...
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park was established on November 24, 1939, by president Lázaro Cárdenas. [1] The park was decreed to encompass 246,500 hectares (609,000 acres), which at the time was the largest area to be declared protected by the Mexican government as a national park .
The Cerro de la Silla ("Saddle Hill") is a mountain and natural monument, It is part of the foothills system of the Sierra Madre Oriental.It is found covering territorial parts of the municipalities of Guadalupe (31.62%), Monterrey (13.23%) and Juárez (55.15%), in the state of Nuevo León, [1] [2] and constitutes an icon of the city of Monterrey and a symbol for the people of Monterrey.
San Pedro Garza García (also known as San Pedro) is a city-municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León and part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area.It is a contemporary commercial suburb of the larger metropolitan city of Monterrey between Puente de la Unidad and the Alfa Planetarium, including areas surrounding Calzada del Valle/Calzada San Pedro.
Modern coat of arms of Monterrey. The municipal coat of arms is around an oval frame with a tree on the right and, next to it, an indigenous person shooting an arrow at a red sun that rises behind Cerro de la Silla. Two indigenous people, who were formerly known as the rayados, dressed in a huipil, loincloth, and headdress, armed with a bow and ...
Faro del Comercio is a monument designed by the accomplished Mexican architect Luis Barragán and constructed in 1984 by architect Raúl Ferrera.It is a recognizable sight in Monterrey among many other modern manmade landmarks, such as Neptune's Fountain (Fuente de la Vida), the Monterrey City Hall, the Papal Bridge (El Puente del Papa), and the Bridge of Unity (Puente de la Unidad) in San ...
Club de Fútbol Monterrey recently opened a new stadium with a capacity of 50,000. It was scheduled to be finished by 2014, named "Estadio de Fútbol Monterrey", but was inaugurated on August 2, 2015, in a match with Benfica FC. Rayados won, 3–0. Before the inauguration, the name was changed to Estadio BBVA Bancomer. It will remain the club's ...
The Cerro de las Mitras (Spanish for “Miters' Hill”), is a mountain and a protected area [1] in the Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Santa Catarina and García municipalities; state of Nuevo León, México.