Parque de la Reserva is located in the center of Lima. Its irregular-shaped area between two major roads, highway Paseo de la Republica and Arequipa Avenue.
The park has an area of 8 hectares, designed in the neo-classical style by the French architect Klodoma Sahutom, you can see a large number of works of Peruvian artists. Prior to the construction of the park, on the site of the exhibition housed in the nearby large park. In 1926, at the direction of President Augusto Lehi it began construction of the Park de la Reserva in honor of the soldiers who defended Lima in Tihooeanskoy war in January 1881. Construction of the park was completed in 1929.
On the Park de la Reserva in 2007 it was inaugurated fountain complex "Magic Water" - El-Tsirkuito Magico del Agua. This complex was part of a series of projects completed mayor of Lima, Luis Castaneda loss, worth 13 million dollars. The project was criticized because of its cost and design, but also because of the need for complete reconstruction of the park, having great historical significance. In addition, it has been criticized and relatively high entrance fee. But in the year of the fountain complex watch it come to 2 million people.
Currently, the "Magic Water" is the world record-holder among the fountains: the complex consists of 13 different fountains, many of which are interactive. All the fountains are illuminated at night with a constantly changing color scheme. The largest fountain emits a jet of water to a height of 80 m.
Among the interesting fountains park with a fountain Tunnel de las Sorpresas, it is a water tunnel length of 35 meters. If you walk through the fountain tunnel Fuente de los Niño, connecting two parts of the park, you can get to the exhibition of recent public works projects in Lima. Another interesting fountain Fuente de la Fantasia - its jets synchronized with music.
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