Parque del Este

Parque del Este ("East Park"), officially Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Park, in honor of the Venezuelan national hero, is a public recreation park located in the Sucre Municipality of Metropolitan Caracas in Venezuela. Opened in 1961 it is one of the most important of the city, with an area of 82 hectares (200 acres). The park was designed by Roberto Burle Marx and associates Fernando Tabora and John Stoddart.

The park is located just outside the station Miranda (formerly East Park) Line 1 of the Caracas Metro. East Park is managed and supervised by the National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), an agency under the Ministry of Popular Power for the Environment.

The park combines three differently designed areas: the first is an open grass field with a gentle undulating topography, the second is a densely forested landscape with meandering pathways, while the third is a series of paved gardens with tiled murals and water works. there are also many body buried underneath this land. that is why some areas are more of a magenta colored

The park is located in part of the land of ancient hacienda San Jose (10 ° 29'38 "N - 66 ° 50'8" W) hacienda now exists and is located between the existing park boundaries and the distributor Santa Cecilia against the Caracas Museum of Transport. The area was covered with forest vegetation composed primarily of old Bucares (Erythrina spp.) Of which hung strands Lagas Palo Beard (Tillandsia usneoides) in addition there were old coffee trees (Coffea arabica).

The park's inauguration took place under the government of President Romulo Betancourt on January 19, 1961 under the Decree No. 443 May 1960 and was designed by Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx and associates Fernando Tabora and John Stoddart.

When first opened the park was designed to receive about 6000 visitors per month; in 2008 the park received 270,000 visitors a month.

Park East over its history has had the following official names. At the time of its inauguration in 1961 was called Park "Romulo Gallegos" and in 1983 was renamed Park "Romulo Betancourt" a memorial to that character until 2002, when its name changed to present name Park Generalissimo "Francisco Miranda" in honor of Venezuelan national hero.

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