Or Toluca de Lerdo Toluca is a city located in the Central American country of southern Mexico . The capital, Mexico City more than 60 km to the southwest , this is one of the growing urban stronger . The heart of the city of less than 1 million people emerged impressed with all the work is Cosmovitral visitors , botanical garden rich in color glass roof .
This is a scale projects with the aim of combining trees and art in a building architecture . Although outside garden is shaped like the train station . Used to be fixed first bazaar in Toluca built in 1910 , the development has made the town area in the heart of " The 16 de Septiembre Market " ( name ) becomes narrow and the city government were to decide closed period in 1975.
Many people believe that it should be replaced by taller buildings while others want to build a private placement office . The only other one who thinks that is Leopoldo Flores , indigenous artists with bold plans but quite workable .
With the goal of turning the building into a true work of art , ideas Flores gave an impressive decoration for the old bazaar . He is based on available structures include the large glass wall surrounding the building and run along the ceiling to floor . Flores then continue to reinforce and fitted with colored glass .
Underneath , he suggested planting vegetation to create the garden . Art glass wall and roof shows the relationship between man and the universe in the abstract . Vegetation below represents the ecological environment , where people are living .
Name of the project also became the name of the current building : Cosmovitral ( From the cosmos transplantation ( universe ) and vitral ( glass ) in Spanish ) . The project took 4 years from being complete discussion until thick and those who could wait were completely satisfied .
Most people think about gardens time to visit very worthwhile . Flores has developed a detailed project from top to bottom . Section walls are reinforced to support the weight of large glass roof . 75 tons of steel , 45 tons and 25 tons of glass blowing lead , in addition to half a million small glass plate was used to help complete the project .
In the 1980s , the building is ready to open its doors to the public ( although the ceiling was only completed in the 1990s ) . The main work in the work from the first day until now Hombre Sol - in English means Sun Man ( the sun man ) . This glass represents the human visual harmony and balance , those factors that cause people to become distinct from the other species on planet earth . Also because of its special , Hombre Sol has become a symbol for both the garden and the city.
The gatherings inside 500 species of plants from Mexico and other countries around the world including lilies , roses , orchids and rare Mexico , as well as cypress ( department ) and ferns ( ferns ) . In addition, visitors will also find Araucaria ( juniper canopy ) from Chile , Amaranth ( a spinach varieties ) of the tulip tree from Brazil and China .
Many people also wonder about the tolerance of the glass roof when this class is often affected lands earthquakes . Fortunately, the repair work and restoration has helped keep each piece of the gigantic picture above . There are no records about the break caused by trauma . Sometimes , a few zealots threw rocks can break the glass but will soon be replaced management .
The glass is always kept clean to ensure visitors can always admire the work in its entirety . This work by the two staff groups perform . With water , mops and brushes , lost a total of 15 months for them to clean up glass pieces and so repeat from year to year . Two veterans of the garden has been doing this work for 25 consecutive years .
Special garden welcomes thousands of visitors each year in which 95% are Mexican. Foreign tourists not really know much about Cosmovitral.
With the city government and the people of Toluca, the garden is not only their own property but it also means artistic heritage for all humanity.
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