Mexico City - Chapultepec Park

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Chapultepec Park Description

(Local Name: Bosque de Chapultepec) The Bosque de Chapultepec (Náhuatl, "hill of the grasshoppers") is Mexico City's principal park and, with an area of 4sq.km/2.5sq.mi, its largest. It was once a stronghold of the Toltecs, and the Toltec ruler, Huémec, is said to have hanged himself here in 1177 after fleeing from Tula. In 1200 the Aztecs (Mexica) settled on the hill after their long wanderings but were driven away again twenty years later by neighbouring tribes. Legend has it that the park was originally laid out in the first half of the 15th c. by Netzahualcóyotl, the poet king of Texcoco. As the power of Tenochtitlán increased the hill became a summer residence of the Aztec rulers, and water from the springs

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Hobbies & Activities category: Provincial or municipal park