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Parque de Los Reyes

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Type
  
Urban Park

Created
  
1992

Status
  
Open

Area
  
31 hectares

Operated by
  
Santiago

Phone
  
+56 9 4611 0526

Parque de Los Reyes

Location
  
Santiago, Quinta Normal Chile

Address
  
Pdte Balmaceda, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

Hours
  
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Similar
  
Parque Fluvial Padre Re, Mapocho River, Parque Forestal, Estación Mapocho, Quinta Normal Park

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Parque de Los Reyes (“Park of the Kings”) is part of the "Santiago integrated park system" that also included Parque Forestal and Parque Fluvial Padre Renato Poblete.

Contents

The park lies on the south bank of the Mapocho River and extends to Balmaceda Avenue in the south, Estación Mapocho Cultural Centre in the east and Quinta Normal in the west.

The park lies across two of the communes of Chile's capital city, (Santiago (in its central and eastern parts) and Quinta Normal (in its western part). The name of the park commemorates the 500th anniversary of the discovery and colonization of the Americas, and honours the Spanish Royal Family. It opened in 1992 in a ceremony hosted by King King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain. The park is bordered to the east by Parque Forestal and to the west by Parque Fluvial Padre Renato Poblete and is administered by the Municipality of Santiago.

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The park

On the eastern edge of the park can be found Estación Mapocho Cultural Centre and Balmaceda 1215 cultural centre, home to the Youth and Children's Orchestras Foundation of Chile, and the metro station Puente Cal y Canto.

In the central zone of the park lies a sports centre that offers free aerobics, aerobox, football and other sport classes every Saturday morning, as well as a 2000 square metre skatepark, considered one of the best in the city. Between the skate park and Estacion Mapocho lies a 4000 square metre pool and a flea market, known in Chile as a "persa".

The western part of the park includes the "Perrera Arte (“kennel art”) Experimental Art Centre", which, as its name suggests, is located in the premises of a former kennels. Here can also be found the "Memorial Puente Bulnes" (Bulnes Bridge Memorial), the "Muro de la Memoria" (Memory Wall) and the "Plaza Joan Alsina" (Juan Alsina Square), all of which commemorate the victims of the Chilean military regime.

References

Parque de Los Reyes Wikipedia