Showing posts with label near Mexico City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label near Mexico City. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Puentecito (Little Bridge)
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Potrero Valley
Friday, November 2, 2012
Silence Valley
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(iPhoneography)
The best scientist is open to experience and begins with
romance - the idea that anything is possible.
Ray Bradbury |
THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri Nov 02, 2012
This week's
challenge:
'Evening'.
'Evening'.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Into The Woods
Friday, July 13, 2012
Silence Valley
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| Valle del Silencio |
The photographer
must be absorbent--like a blotter, allow himself to be permeated by the poetic
moment.... His technique should be like an animal function...he should act
automatically. - Robert
Doisneau
THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri Jul 13, 2012
This week's
challenge:
'Countryside'.
'Countryside'.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Summertime
Desierto de los
Leones (Desert of the Lions) National Park is located in
the Sierra de las Cruces mountain
range west of the city center with an area of 1,867 hectares,
representing fifteen percent of the entire Valley of Mexico. The area was used
as a retreat for a religious group, thus the name Desierto (Desert) means not
"arid place", but not populated. The "Leones" part of the
name does not refer to the animals, but rather to the original landlord's
lastname.
The park's altitude
varies between 2,600 and 3,700 meters above sea level, giving the area a
relatively cold and damp climate. It is a forested area primarily with
pines, oyamel firs and holm oaks with
many brooks, ravines and waterfalls. The park is considered to be the oldest
protected biosphere in Mexico.
The park's name,
Desierto de los Leones, is largely due to the Carmelite monastery situated
just north of its center. Carmelite monks called their residences “deserts”. But
the exact origin of “de los Leones” is not known. The first monastery complex
was constructed between 1606 and 1611. By 1711, this structure had deteriorated
greatly. It was demolished and a new one was built in its place adjoining just
south of the original complex.
By the end of the
18th century, the cold, damp weather and increasingly frequent visitors forced
the monks to move their monastery to Tenancingo in 1801. The monastery was
declared a national monument on 16 May 1937. The 18th-century structure has a
number of areas that have been restored and opened to the public. In addition
to the old monastery, the park attracts visitors for the nature that surrounds
the complex. The park offers activities such as day camping, overnight camping,
hiking, and mountain biking. [Wiki]
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Cuernavaca Streets
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(iPhone Shots+Snapseed)
Cuernavaca From:
Nahuatl: Cuauhnāhuac (“Near the
Woods"). It was established at the archeological site of Gualupita I by
the Olmec,
"The Mother Culture" of Mesoamerica, approximately 3200 years ago. It
is also a municipality located about 85 km
(53 mi) south of Mexico City on the D-95 freeway.
The
city was nicknamed the "City of Eternal Spring" by Alexander von Humboldt in the
nineteenth century. It has long been a favorite escape for Mexico City and
foreign visitors because of this warm, stable climate and abundant
vegetation. Aztec emperors had summer residences there, and even
today, many famous people as well as Mexico City residents maintain homes
there. Cuernavaca is also host to a large foreign resident population,
including large numbers of students who come to study the Spanish language.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Christmas Mood in Cuernavaca
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Everyone! |
Monday, December 19, 2011
Not occupied
Thursday, June 23, 2011
The Borda Gardens
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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 |
Other images here.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Rest
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| Taking a break in Tepoztlan Sunday street market. |
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| Irina from Irina's Paintings and Moscow Daily Photo honored me with this great sketch of the above photo. Thank you very much! |
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
February 2011 Theme Day: Fountains
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| Fray Bartolome de las Casas St. Cuernavaca |
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| Cuernavaca Cathedral Atrium |
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