- Fundidora Park
Infobox Park
park = Fundidora Park
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caption = The Old Steel Mill at Fundidora Park
type = Public Park
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coordinates = coord|25|40|41|N|100|17|00|W|region:MX_type:landmark
size = convert|120|ha|acre
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operator = "Fideicomiso Fundidora" (Escrow )
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status =Fundidora Park is a public
park located east ofMonterrey ,Mexico , inside the former Monterrey Foundry property with an area of convert|120|ha|km2.History
The Monterrey Foundry (Monterrey Steel Foundry Company) operated from 1900 until its
bankruptcy in 1986. Two years later, after having been legally declared financially insolvent, the "Fideicomiso Fundidora" (FundidoraEscrow ) was installed to administer the Park.Multifaceted location
The park contains several industrial buildings from the old Foundry making the park a famous Archeological Industrial Site in Mexico full of beauty and ambiance. It also contains extensive walking tracks, an artificial lake, playgrounds for children and a convert|2.1|mi|km|1 permanent road course which is popular with joggers, bicyclists and inline skaters. Fundidora Park also includes a CINTERMEX which is a convention center, a hotel, a museum, Sesame Street Park, the
Monterrey Arena , an auditorium, Cineteca Nuevo Leon and other smaller buildings with cultural venues.Events
*The
Champ Car World Series Grand Prix of Monterrey was held from 2001 to 2006 (seeTecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey ).
*Fundidora Park has been the venue ofUN andOEA summits.
*OnFebruary 26 ,2006 , the Fundidora Park raceway hosted theA1 Grand Prix racing series.
*The park was the center of the2007 Universal Forum of Cultures . For this event, an area of convert|30|ha|km2 was joined to the 120 original hectares and also was joined to the city's Great Plaza by theSanta Lucia Riverwalk .A1GP race history
External links
*http://www.parquefundidora.org Fundidora Park official site
*http://www.pistadehielofundidora.com Fundidora Ice Rink: localized at Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.Template group
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