Fundidora Park

Fundidora Park
The Old Steel Mill at Fundidora Park
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TypeUrban Park
LocationMonterrey, Mexico
Coordinates25°40′41″N 100°17′00″W / 25.67806°N 100.28333°W / 25.67806; -100.28333
Area144 hectares (360 acres)[1]
Created2001[2]
Operated byFideicomiso Fundidora[2]
Visitorsover 8.5 million annually[1]
Open6 a.m. to 10 p.m.[3]

Fundidora Park (Parque Fundidora in Spanish) is an urban park located in the Mexican city of Monterrey, built in what once were the grounds of the Monterrey Foundry, the first steel and iron foundry in Latin America, and, for many years, the most important one in the region.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Parque Fundidora - Acerca - Nosotros". www.parquefundidora.org. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  2. ^ a b "Parque Fundidora - Acerca - Historia". www.parquefundidora.org. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  3. ^ "Parque Fundidora - Acerca - Accesos y Horario". www.parquefundidora.org. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  4. ^ Bervera, Carlos Herrero (2004). Los empresarios mexicanos de origen vasco y el desarrollo del capitalismo en México, 1880-1950 (in Spanish). Plaza y Valdes. ISBN 978-970-722-312-7.
  5. ^ Chávez, Gerardo González (2008). El estado y la globalización en la industria siderúrgica mexicana (in Spanish). UNAM. ISBN 978-968-9172-42-0.