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Bicentennial Park (Spanish: Parque Bicentenario) is a park in Mexico City. It is located in the western part of the city, on the boundary of Azcapotzalco and Miguel Hidalgo. It was built as part of the Celebration of the Bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico and inaugurated by then President Felipe Calderón on November 7, 2010.
The Bicentennial Park was one of the projects presented by the president Felipe Calderón: an ecological work inspired because of the Bicentennial of Mexico. The park has interactive museums, outdoor audience space, sports fields, bicycling paths, children's games, areas for persons of the third age, pedestrian zones, besides many green areas.
In 2010 it was put on display at the National Palace as part of the celebration of the bicentennial of the beginning of Mexico's independence. The National Institute of Anthropology and History was concerned about the exposure of the act and recommended not to expose it to more time because it does not have a special system for that. [24] [25]
The Estela de Luz (Stele of Light) is a monument in Mexico City built in 2011 to commemorate the bicentenary of Mexico's independence from Spanish rule.Its design was the winning entry in an invited competition to seek the best combination of Mexico's past and future; [citation needed] the design uses quartz and electric lighting to achieve this effect. [1]
Two girls at the Texas Centennial Exhibition at Fair Park in Dallas in 1936. Texas will celebrate the bicentennial of its independence from Mexico in 2036, but there is plenty to commemorate in 2024.
The bust of Pedro Domingo Murillo is installed in Mexico City's American Park, in Mexico. The sculpture commemorates the bicentennial of the Bolivian revolution ...
In 2010, as part of Mexico's celebrations for its bicentennial, a series of roads were deemed to be part of "Ruta 2010", that commemorated various paths taken during military campaigns. Highway 95 was a part of the path called "The Sentiments of the Nation Route", which included the connection between Mexico City and Acapulco.
Oct. 21—Other New Mexico centennials 1922: First woman elected to high office in U.S. — Soledad Chávez Chacón became New Mexico's secretary of state. 1924: The Rotary Club of Santa Fe was ...