Le parc national Cerro de la Estrella (espagnol : Parque nacional Cerro de la Estrella) est un parc national du Mexique situé dans le District fédéral. Le parc a une superficie de 11 km2 et a été créé en 1938. Il est administré par la Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas.
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1 explorer visited this place
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Cerro de la Estrella is a Mesoamerican archaeological site located in southeastern Central Mexico's Valley of Mexico, in the Iztapalapa alcaldía of Mexico City at an elevation of 2460 meters above sea level, hence its Summit is 224 m over the Valley of Mexico level. At the southeast edge of what was the Great Texcoco Lake.
Historical sources establish that ancient inhabitants of the Mexican Plateau knew this place as Huizachtecatl. The site was very important since the “New Fire” ritual ceremony was performed here; it had a profound meaning for the population here and in surrounding regions.
309 m
Cerro de la Estrella National Park is centered on the Cerro de la Estrella mountain which is located entirely within eastern Mexico City, in the borough of Iztapalapa.
The park was originally designated in 1938 with 1,100 hectares, but the growth of the city has encroached on it and left it with less than 200 hectares. The park is meant to provide cultural and recreational opportunity as well as to protect the mountain, which is important archaeologically and culturally as the site of the pre Hispanic New Fire ceremony and the modern-day Passion Play. Archaeological remains include temples related to the ceremony and older structures such as housing units, petroglyphs, and a major temple related to the Teotihuacan culture. The park and the archaeological sites remain in danger of destruction by encroachment, use of land for agriculture, graffiti and the dumping of garbage.
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Cerro de la Estrella is an underground station along Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City.
The station is located along the Calzada Ermita-Iztapalapa and serves the Colonia Hidalgo y Mina neighborhood within the Iztapalapa borough on the east side of the city.
The station is named for the Cerro de la Estrella – a mesoamerican archaeological site located nearby.
It was opened on 20 July 1994.
The station's logo is the silhouette of a hill with three crosses on it and a star in the sky. In spring during Easter the station sees heavy traffic for spectators who travel to Cerro de la Estrella to
watch Passion of the Christ procession events.
From 23 April to 18 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.
1.7 km
The Carnivals of Iztapalapa are various Carnival celebrations in the Mexico City borough of Iztapalapa. They are what remain of Carnival celebrations brought to Mexico City by the Spanish but subsequently suppressed by Inquisition authorities. There are individual celebrations in various communities, but for the close of Carnival, these communities come together for an event that can draw up to 200,000 people.
1.8 km
Iztapalapa is a station along Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. It is located on the Calzada Ermita Iztapalapa in the Colonia El Santuario neighborhood of Iztapalapa borough on the southeast side of the city.
The station's logo is a sun, representing the ceremony that is celebrated in Iztapalapa every year of the birth of the new sun.
The station was opened 20 July 1994. Estación Iztapalapa is also the name of a firefighting station in the borough.
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