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Miraflores: San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory

Miraflores: San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory

Urrutia, Anne Elise
Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás

Paperback

General GardeningRegional: SouthwestSculpture & Installation

Publisher Price: $32.95

ISBN10: 1595349367
ISBN13: 9781595349361
Publisher: Maverick Books
Published: Jun 28 2022
Pages: 144
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.70 Width: 8.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Aureliano Urrutia, a prominent physician in Mexico City, built Miraflores garden after he immigrated to San Antonio, Texas, from Mexico in 1914 during the Mexican Revolution. A man of science, Urrutia professed the importance of nature, art, literature, history, music, and community.

Everything in Miraflores, located near the headwaters of the San Antonio River--the plants, architecture, sculpture, and artisanship--formed an atmospheric landscape reflecting Urrutia's love for and memory of his homeland. Sculptures and fountains created by Luis L. Sanchez, Ignacio Asúnsolo, and Dionicio Rodríguez, and other Mexican artists and artisans evoked the ideals of Mexican culture, all surrounded by Talavera tile and plant species native to Mexico.

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