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MONTERREY, MEXICO - A Modern Beauty in the Mountains

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#1 · (Edited)
Hi everybody!
Presenting beautiful Monterrey, one of the most modern cities in Latin America
Progress surrounded by Mountains
Enjoy!

Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. Also known as the "City of the Mountains" and "Sultana del Norte" (Sultan of the North), the city is a modern industrial and business center. It is the second most populated metropolitan area in the country and the second largest in area after Mexico City. The whole metropolitan area has been ranked as having the highest GDP per capita and as the most secure conurbation in Latin America in 2005[1] and one of the two most secure in 2006.

The Monterrey metropolitan area has approximately
5,341,991 inhabitants.

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#35 ·
Para "A volar alto"

UNA SUGERENCIA

No pongas todas las fotos juntas, brinca al menos un renglon o deja un renglon entre cada foto para que se vean bien, de otra forma todas pegadas no se distinguen bien
 
#36 ·
Gracias por tu sugerencia Blueman generalmente lo hago, esta ves traia un poco de prisa :runaway:

Now some pics from Fundidora Park, other great place to go for Regios (Monterrey People), and also where some other great projects are under construction
Fundidora was the largest steel company in Latin America for many years, today is becoming the "Central Park" for Monterrey
here some examples of Monterrey Industrial past, Fundidora

Yesterday...





Today...

http://www.parquefundidora.org/












museums

Museo del Acero (Steel Museum) To open this summer
http://www.hornotrex.org/index2.html











theme parks

Sesame Street theme park


http://www.parqueplazasesamo.com/





Business & Expo Center

Cintermex







Centro de las Artes - Art Center




Casa de los Loros






Cheers :)
 
#49 ·
Thank you for all your comments, now I want to show you the best Monterrey "highrises", its beautiful mountains.

Gracias por todos sus comentarios, les quiero mostrar ahora los mejores "rascacielos" de Monterrey, sus montañas :)

Saludos!















































Cheers!
 
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#57 ·
Mexico has incredible landscapes and a huge variety of climas from the humidity southern forest to the dry north and its desserts. It is a country to be discovered! Es mi primer destino pendiente fuera de Europa, espero poder ir pronto a visitaros!:)
 
#63 ·
You are very welcome to come!

For mexican standars, Monterrey was not considered a touristic town to visit due its industrial background, but that has changed in the last years thanks to a different asserted tourism campaigns to promote the natural beauty that city posses, and marketing as well all the new urban changes Monterrey had seen recently. Finally people had realized that Monterrey has so many new attractions and activities to offer like new museums, lots of shops, restaurants, new parks, etc. And since the city is in a beautiful valley surrounded by mountains, there are many outdoors activities to do like hiking, mountain biking or just relax on top of a hill with an stunning view of the city.

This year, the most important event in the city is the second edition of the Universal Forum of Cultures Monterrey 2007 backed by UNESCO
The first one was held in Barcelona back in 2004, The Forum’s events will be tailored to every type of public and will include exhibitions, performances, congresses and lectures, offering an inter flow between the public and artists, intellectuals, political leaders, scientists, economists and experts in environmental protection from every region of the planet, and the local government had placed in effect an urban plan to beautified the city with many important projects.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Universal_Forum_of_Cultures
http://www.monterreyforum2007.org/
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30741&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

here's the promo video


now continuing with the cultural side of Monterrey, here are pictures of some of the most important museums in Monterrey

Museo de Historia Mexicana / Mexican History Museum


http://www.museohistoriamexicana.org.mx/





MARCO / Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art

http://www.marco.org.mx/




Museo Palacio de Gobierno / State Government Palace

http://www.museodelpalaciodegobierno.org.mx/







Museo del Obispado / Regional History Museum





Museo Metropolitano de Monterrey / Monterrey Metropolitan Museum






Planetario y Centro Cultural Alfa / Alfa Cultural Center and Planetarium

http://www.planetarioalfa.org.mx/







Museo del Virdio / Glass Museum


http://museovidrio.vto.com/





And two new museums to open soon

MUNE - Museo del Noreste / Northeast Museum (to open this year)








and the one I mention, and put pictures of in previous pages in Fundidora Park, the Steel Museum-Horno Trex

Here a promo video from Fermin Tellez for the opening...



...and the this other video with the latest construction advances



I Hope You like it! :)
 
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