Cárcamo de Dolores
The Cárcamo de Dolores (Sump of Dolores) is a hydraulic structure located on the Second Section of Chapultepec Park, in Mexico City, comprising the building designed by architect Ricardo Rivas, inside the originally underwater mural Agua, el origen de la vida ("Water, source of life") of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, the art installation by , and in outside, the Tlaloc Fountain, also of Rivera.[1]
The building was constructed in 1951 to commemorate the end of the works in 1943 of the Lerma System, which still supply water to Mexico City and still flows in the place, but diverted from own building. It is part of the (Museum of Natural History and Environmental Culture).
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- ^ Merry MacMasters (January 24, 2013). "En el Museo Jardín del Agua se reivindica "un verdadero tesoro"" [The Water Garden Museum claimed as "a real treasure"]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Mexico City. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
Coordinates: 19°24′46″N 99°11′54″W / 19.412738°N 99.198292°W
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- Chapultepec
- Fountains in Mexico
- Murals in Mexico
- Works by Diego Rivera
- 1950s murals
- Buildings and structures in Mexico City
- Buildings and structures completed in 1951
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