Plaza de Las Tres Centurias … Aguascalientes
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THREE CENTURIES COMPLEX- Aguascalientes

Plaza of the Three Centuries (Plaza de Las Tres Centurias)

A place to visit and enjoy while having ice cream… or to sit by the fountains and relax…a place that had such an influence in the city of Aguascalientes that would not be the same if such a place (railroad company) and workers had not operated there

a link to see a bit more of this place…photos and more

http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/turismo/atractivos/plaza.aspx

Aguascalientes was and continues being a Railroad center of great importance in Mexico.

Its Railroad tradition comes from the end of 1800. The present station is the second one that was constructed in the city; there was one of provisional character that was located alongside. South of the present cruise with the Alameda

The Building was begun to build in 1910 and it was inaugurated in 1911, it was the work of the Italian Ing. G.M. Buzzo. It is of Californian colonial style although it also has elements of Hispanic influence. The disposition is of levels and cover of cut to four waters. This building is a clear example of the Railroad architecture in which a series of prefabricated construction equipments was used. The stamp of this small and colorful Terminal fits perfectly with the province image cheers and smiling that still conserves the city.

Jardín de la Estación

Just a few meters from this building is the Garden of Station one of the favorite places of the railroad workers and its families for several generations until years 50, was a very ingrained custom between the local families, almost a ritual to go in the afternoons to the station to take a walk by its platforms and to wait for the arrival or exit of the trains, to listen to the municipal band and to wait for the new news brought to the city by means of the mail that transported the railroad.
The Place of the Three Centuries has become an important tourist, recreational, cultural space and of services with an especially historical essence, cradle in the railroad tradition that distinguishes Aguascalientes.

This tourist Development which lays on what used to be the Train Station, is only a few minutes away from the city of Aguascalientes downtown

In this Place you have the chance to get to see 2 enigmatic buildings:

The Old Cargo Warehouse, one of the first constructed buildings of the city with cement, inside this building there is a Photo Gallery that takes you through the times from the steam locomotives to the arrival of the Diesel Locomotive, how did the whole Railroad company and its workers played a very important role of the daily life of Aguascalientes you get to see the equipment and the tools with their explanation of how were they built and its function,

The Old Train Station, which has the furniture and all the things that it had while it was open as a passenger waiting area

They have some temporary exhibitions about the railroad subject

This two beautiful buildings (the Old Cargo Warehouse and the Old Train Station) that along with the gastronomical area give name him to the Place because they were constructed in three different centuries: XIX, XX and XXI.
Main Attractive within the Place Three Centuries

The Hidrocálida
A beautiful steam locomotive will be the assigned one to give the welcome to this important cultural center.

Water Show
You will have the opportunity to rest in the beautiful Garden of the Station and to enjoy its banks particularly designed by its sponsors which were the most important companies of the State, also you will be able to admire the Water Light and Sound Show the equipment for this show brought from Barcelona Spain, its lights at nights can reproduce up to 60 colors different and the water fountain streams can reach up to 12 meters height. At the moment it is the greatest of Latin America.

Monumental clock
In the Place of the Three Centuries you will be able to admire the Monumental Clock, which was constructed in honor of the workers of the Round House where the first Mexican locomotive named Number Forty was made, this in the year of 1913.
There is a model of the Round House which is the place where they built and fixed the locomotives…(you can see the how a train gets to the round base and turns around in order to be lead to the workshop to be repaired) that emerges when the platform opens up

In this wonderful place we can appreciate the greatest spear of the State with 60 meters of height and one of the greater monumental flags of all the country with measures of 30 meters in length by 17,5 meters in width. This flag can be admired from Madero Street in the city Historical Center

The Wagons

You can get to see the way they were designed – from the passenger’s rooms with showers and toilets to the restaurant wagons…

They have workshops for kids, musical events, food courts…and everything you may want to enjoy a bit of the history of this place

It took me a few hours to go through this whole complex…but i never got to see my watch….it was a very fun and interesting visit that hours went by without even noticing about it…