Photo Walk Nº95 - A visit to Los Pinos, residence of the Mexican presidents, now open to the public16/1/2019 For our second photo walk this year, we made our way through Chapultepec Park to Los Pinos, the residence of the Mexican presidents from 1934 to November 2019, which was recently opened to the public after the new president decided to live in his own house.Prior to the 1930s, the presidents lived in Chapultepec Castle until Lázaro Cardenas decided that he would go and live in the more austere Rancho La Hormiga instead, changing its name to Los Pinos. The Castle was then open to the public as a History Museum and so it could be enjoyed by all Mexicans and foreign visitors. At the start of the walk, we learned that the grounds of Los Pinos are 14 times bigger than those of the White House and 13 presidents have lived here during their term of office. We also photographed the park as we walked through on our way to Los Pinos, including the Fuente de Nezahualcoyotl, the Canadian totem pole, the Plaza de Quijote, and the picnic area.
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