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"CHAPULTEPEC",
from Ithaka's 2nd non-vocal album entitled
CDMX: Voiceless Blue Raven-Volume Two (Sweatlodge Records).
CHAPULTAPEC was produced and recorded
by Ithaka in Mexico, City (2016).
Still photographs by Ithaka
at Bosque de Chapultapec Park, Mexico City.
Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in the Western Hemisphere, measuring in total just over 686 hectares (1,695 acres). Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of the park's main functions is to be an ecological space in the vast megalopolis. It is considered the first and most important of Mexico City's "lungs", with trees that replenish oxygen to the Valley of Mexico. The park area has been inhabited and held as special since the Pre-Columbian era, when it became a retreat for Aztec rulers. In the colonial period, Chapultepec Castle would be built here, eventually becoming the official residence of Mexican heads of state. It would remain such until 1940, when it was moved to another part of the park called Los Pinos. Today, the park is divided into three sections, with the first section being the oldest and most visited. This section contains most of the park's attractions including its zoo, the Museum of Anthropology, the Rufino Tamayo Museum, and more. It receives an estimated 15 million visitors per year. This prompted the need for major rehabilitation efforts which began in 2005 and ended in 2010.
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El Bosque de Chapultepec es un parque urbano localizado en la delegación Miguel Hidalgo, en el Distrito Federal (México). Es uno de los mayores en su tipo en el hemisferio occidental, con una superficie de 678 ha.1 2 Chapultepec está dividido en tres secciones y alberga algunos de los sitios turísticos más importantes de México, como el Museo Nacional de Antropología. Cuenta con dos lagos artificiales, espacios deportivos y numerosas fuentes. Por todo esto, constituye uno de los lugares más visitados por los capitalinos y por los turistas que llegan a la ciudad de México.
La administración del parque recae directamente en la Secretaría del Medio Ambiente del Distrito Federal (SMA), a través de la Dirección General de Bosques Urbanos. El Bosque de Chapultepec se encuentra incluido desde 2001 en la lista indicativa de los bienes candidatos a ser reconocidos como Patrimonio de la Humanidad en México.
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