Borda Gardens

Gabriel Ponzanelli sculpture. Cuernavaca, Mx

“We are all visitors to this time, this place.

We are just passing through.

Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then,

We return home.”

- Australian Aboriginal Proverb

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The Borda Gardens

The Borda Gardens is one of the most famous monuments in Cuernavaca, it was the residence of rich families since the colonial times, it was chosen by its location beside the Cathedral of Cuernavaca and by its main road (now Morelos Avenue); this road comes from Acapulco, crosses Cuernavaca, Mexico City and ends in Veracruz. 

By this road passed the richness the Nao of the Orient brought to New Spain and also was the residence where many famous travelers were lodged. Don Jose Borda was the builder of the residence, he also donated to Taxco the beautiful Santa Prisca church and its Parvis Square. Don Jose de la Borda used this residence such as rest home and rest of silver caravans that came from Taxco to Mexico City.

Manuel de la Borda, his son, was appointed priest and was the first person in charge of the Santa Prisca church, at the death of his father, he already lived in the residence. Don Manuel made the gardens that in that time was extended until the ravine. The gardens received the name of Botanical Gardens, by its varieties of fruit trees and ornamental plants that were brought from all over the world. The mangos were brought by the travelers priest that came from the Spanish Philippines.

In the same way Manuel built the fountains and the paths, and in 1783 he inaugurated the ornamental lake, to water the Botanic Gardens. Manuel de la Borda also built the Chapel of Guadalupe in 1784, near the gardens and the residence; this church originally had two beautiful towers. It was also famous by the books and articles that the important visitors who were lodged here, wrote about the same.

The residence never lost its attraction for the rich and important persons and in 1865 the Emperors Maximilian of Hapsburg and Carlota Amalia, chosen this place as their summer residence, and then it took again a category of simple elegance.

The Emperors offered spectacular Gala Receptions in the Gardens and in the ornamental lake. The rooms were decorated with luxury as the Chapel of Guadalupe; you can still see the personal shield of the Austria Emperors, in the reception room, the residence is know as "The Borda Gardens". Nowadays  the morelenses celebrate great receptions, popular feasts, cultural events among others. [Tour by Mexico.com]  

Sculptures by Gabriel Ponzanelli

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Ponzanelli

Photomanipulation of a sculpture of Gabriel Ponzanelli, from a exhibit at Jardin Borda [Borda's Garden] in Cuernavaca, a beautiful town near Mexico City. You can see another great sculptures of Ponzanelli
here.
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Warm Day

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Earth Day

Words (author unknown). Sculpture by Ponzanelli. Tree by Nature.

¿Acaso es verdad que se vive en la Tierra?
¿Acaso para siempre en la Tierra?
Solo un breve instante aqui!
Poesia Nahuatl.

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Gabriel Ponzanelli. Esculturas / Sculptures

Exhibit at Jardin Borda [Borda's Garden] in Cuernavaca, a beautiful town, near Mexico City.
Sculptures by Ponzanelli.

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