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San Juan de Dios Park (in Spanish Colonias San Juan de Dios) (also known as San Juan) is a zone situated in the south of Mexico City , in the delegation Tlalpan. Has his origin in the Inland revenue of San Juan of God "The Big". The zone is conformed by the colonies Hacienda de San Juan, Villa Lázaro Cárdenas,Ex Hacienda San Juan de Dios, Arboledas Del Sur, Hacienda de San Juan 2nd Section, Chimalli, The Colorines, Guadeloupe Tlalpan and the colony AMSA. The zone houses big number of parks scattered in all his colonies as well as it also has commercial squares like the shopping centre Paseo Acoxpa. Also the zone of San Juan basin with different urban services like transport, educational and of health. San Juan of God is a residential zone mostly, has different private residentials and also private or private streets. Many of his colonies also belong to the zone of Coapa.
Contents
- History
- Villa Lzaro Crdenas
- Main avenues
- Avenue San Juan of God
- Avenue of The Towers
- Enlargement Channel of Miramontes
- Avenue of the Embroider
- Education
- Religious culture
- References
It is one of the south exclusive zones of the Mexico City.
It limits with the colonies Huipulco west, Prado Coapa 3ra Sección and Narciso Mendoza to the east, Vergel del Sur to the north and Arenal de Tepepan to the south.
History
The zone of San Juan of God has his origin in the inland revenue of San Juan of God "The Big", was a colonial inland revenue that formed part of the ancient village of Santa Ursula Coapa. The inland revenue San Juan of God "The Big" together with the Saint inland revenues Antonio of Padua Coapa and the inland revenue of Saint Jose of Coapa established in the zones to the village. They were fractionated at the beginning of the 20th century creating the distinct colonies that today conform the zones of Coapa and of San Juan of God. In the inland revenues produced mainly forrajes.
In the years 40 establish rancherías in the zone.
Also it existed a basin that resupplied of agricultural products and of vegetables to the City of Mexico. San Juan of God began to grow and with this brought but inhabitants to the zones, a casino was built in 1948, was very famous and extravagant in his period, to the attended people of the high society that in that then lived in the zones campestres of San Juan. Nowadays the casino still conserves in the park that carries his name in honour. Although the ancient Casino of San Juan no longer has the same use, is a characteristic symbol of the zone.
During the American intervention, the inland revenue of San Juan of God, to the equal that the others inland revenues founders of Coapa and San Juan, were fortificadas and the majority served of big support during the war.
The first private fractionation that build in the zone is Inland revenue of San Juan, that in that then, was very important for being one of the first private fractionations situated in the external zones and campestres of the city of Mexico.
Villa Lázaro Cárdenas
Villa Lázaro Cárdenas is the main colony of this zone, since in her aroused diverse historical facts of the zone of San Juan of God. Villa Lázaro Cárdenas is one of the fractionations of the zone, has different private, as well as also of several parks and zones of recreation. What do it one of the exclusive fractionations of San Juan.
History
The fractionation of Villa Lázaro Cárdenas was founded in 1948, in that then, several people appreciated the fractionation since it found in the zones campestres of the city, established ranches and farms, years but late established big houses of field of different celebrities and politicians of the country. One of the main centres of attention of the colony, and the but notable by his antiquity and his history, is The Casino, In 1948 an Italian family from Puebla dumb to Villa Lázaro Cárdenas and found his ranch, edificaron the main house with a flat, basement and chimney, the ranch had a terrain where had arboles frutales. The family devote to the production of eggs and crianza of hens, years afterwards the house was turned into Casino, which was very aided by people of the high society in that then of the City of Mexico, afterwards was house of field of an ex-president of Mexico, also went cultural centre and nowadays the house finds uninhabited but is very visited by a lot of people of the city for being a historical monument in Villa Lázaro Cárdenas.
Main avenues
The main avenues of the zone of San Juan of God are:
Avenue San Juan of God
This avenue is one of the main and but historical of the zone, crosses the zone of San Juan of northeast to northwest, by her crossed a rio and remained empedrada until the years 70s, was the only avenue that gave access to the cars, to the villages aledaños.
Avenue of The Towers
Avenue that crosses the zone of north to south, is also main in the vehicular flow of San Juan, has a long camellón, in which there is distinct zones of recreation, like childish games, fields of football, among others. In the camellón can observe the towers of electricity that give name to the avenue. This avenue changes of name in three sections, Mexican Federation of Football, Avenue of the Towers and Avenue Transmissions, although the but known are Avenue of the Towers and Avenue Transmissions.
Enlargement Channel of Miramontes
It is another of the avenues that crosses to San Juan of sureste to southwest, this avenue is an enlargement of the axis 10 Channel of Miramontes.
Avenue of the Embroider
It is another main vehicular shortcut in the zone, since it connects the Avenues San Juan of God with Shod Acoxpa and finishes in Shod of the Bone and Shod of the Bombs, is another of the accesses to San Juan of God.
Education
The zone of San Juan, is one of the but important zones of private education in the south of the City of Mexico, since in her find main private universities in Mexico. The schools that are in San Juan of God are:
As well as also it finds the Institute Salesiano of Upper Studies
Religious culture
San Juan of God is a zone in which they make a lot of religious parties, in the Avenue San Juan of God finds the Seminar Conciliate of Mexico, in which they make religious and different parties convivios.