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Cerro de la Estrella National Park

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Cerro de la Estrella National Park


Cerro de la Estrella National Park

Cerro de la Estrella National Park is centered on the Cerro de la Estrella mountain which is located entirely within Mexico City, in the borough of Iztapalapa. It 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 provide cultural and recreational opportunity as well as to protect the mountain, which is important archeologically and culturally as the site of the pre Hispanic New Fire ceremony and the modern-day Passion Play. Archeological 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 archeological sites remain in danger of destruction by encroachment, use of land for agriculture, graffiti and the dumping of garbage.

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