Los Remedios National Park, National park in Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico
Los Remedios National Park covers 400 hectares on the Cerro Moctezuma in western Naucalpan, northwest of Mexico City. Within its bounds are the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Los Remedios, a colonial aqueduct and a pre-Hispanic archaeological zone with a Chichimeca temple. The aqueduct runs 500 metres and has fifty arches 16 metres high, set 1.7 metres into the ground.
The site served as an Aztec observatory before Hernán Cortés used it as a rest stop after his retreat from Tenochtitlan. The presence of archaeological remains alongside colonial structures shows how the location experienced different periods of settlement and use.
The Sanctuary of the Virgin of Los Remedios, built in the 17th century, is the focus of devotion within the park. Its walled atrium dates from 1972, and an open-air amphitheatre chapel is presided over by a sculpture of Saint Michael the Archangel carved by Federico Mosqueda in 1950. Works by Isaías Cervantes, a Sacred Heart of Jesus and a crown of Christ the King, are also kept in the complex.
The park has several marked trails for different ability levels, with areas where visitors can walk safely without getting lost. Comfortable shoes are recommended, as the paths involve changing elevation.
The aqueduct's two spiral towers, nicknamed "caracoles" (snails), flank the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Los Remedios; they were built to release air from the clay-pipe water line. The fifty arches, 16 metres high and sunk 1.7 metres into the ground, were added only in 1765 under Viceroy Joaquín de Monserrat, after the 1616 system could no longer deliver enough water.
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