In this tropically abundant, pruned park spreading east of Avenida Insurgentes, paths encircle the Monumento a 脕lvaro Obreg贸n, a monolithic shrine to the post-revolutionary Mexican president. The monument was built to house the revolutionary general鈥檚 arm, lost in the 1915 Battle of Celaya, but the limb was cremated in 1989.
鈥楲a Bombilla鈥 was the name of the restaurant where Obreg贸n was assassinated in 1928. The killer, Jos茅 de Le贸n Toral, was involved in the Cristero rebellion against the government鈥檚 anti-church policies.
In July the park explodes with color as the main venue for La Feria de las Flores, a major flower festival.
