Sometimes places, or almost always, have stories not only for me, but they have very old stories and they are evidenced somewhere. I think that's what I like most about finding things like this, the history.
The first time I visited this place I did it practically at night and it was about to close, I remember it was almost 10 pm and the park was beautifully illuminated, but I soon had to leave.
The second time I was there, I have the most beautiful memories and they will remain engraved in my history, because it was a great walk with my family and my uncles, the last walk I took with my aunt before she got sick and I never saw her again.
As you can see, a place can be simple or plain and contain a deep history. This often happens with the different corners of this city.
This is not a park that stands out or is the best park in the city, at least at first glance, but it holds stories, mine and the city's, stories that you don't see much, but they are there.
The first thing I noticed when I visited is that San Miguel Park is right next to the historic San Miguel cemetery. A cemetery that I will tell you about another time but which has a lot of history, dating back many years, precisely to the 19th century.
Part of the cemetery was given to the city council to create this park, which is right next to a school, so in the afternoon it is full of children playing and running all over the place, as well as being the place chosen by the neighbourhood to walk their pets. Many people at all times of the day go for a walk in the park with their dogs.
The park is designed on several levels and is criss-crossed by many paths where the highest area joins the historical cemetery, although the accesses to the cemetery, which are doors or gates, are closed. There is only one access left, but it is not direct.
Walking through this upper area gave me views of the lower part of the park, but also of the various stairways, gates, railings and the vegetation that surrounds it, the shrubs in flower at this time of year and the tall trees along the path.
As I was telling you, the park is distributed on different levels and between them there are stairs and ramps, as well as paths.
In the lower part of the park there are two children's playgrounds which are connected to each other. There are several beautiful games, especially a central game in the shape of a castle, from which several slides start. It is very attractive for the children and, being in the centre of this area, it stands out from the rest.
In the second part of the playground there are swings on a green rubber mat for the care of the children and all around there are many seats for parents accompanying their children. It is ideal that this part of the park is right next to the school.
There is also an area with ball courts and football pitches where the children can have a lot of fun.
I enjoyed walking through the different paths and appreciating the variety of trees and bushes around me, although there are areas of the park that have no shade and the sun in summer is intense.
Also in the lower area there is like a bar, or a place where you can have a drink and a bite to eat, a place of relaxation, especially in the afternoon and part of the evening.
On an intermediate level there is another football pitch where the older children can play and it is located in one of the corners of the park in the middle of several paths and right next to one of the entrances to the park.
There are many entrances to the park, and all of them are full of beautiful flowers that decorate every step inside the park. It is the shadiest part of the park and there I found the bushes with the most flowers, very varied in colour.
All the paths are lined with lanterns, which at night offer the opportunity to visit the park and take a pleasant walk.
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Now, for me the most important thing is the connection between the cemetery and the park, and it was at this point that I found the wonder that I always hope to discover.
Some ruins, the ruins that I believe are the first gates of the cemetery dating back to 1895 as it is stated right there on the gate. Of that only they are left, the ruined gates, but they are preserved and they are the ones that link a passage between the two sectors.
From there there is a small path to a viewpoint, I climbed it to see what I could find and the views were of the northern part of the city as well as the park.
Finding these places where history is present, even if it is in some old ruined gates, is worth it, as an urban exploration that I never know where it will take me.
Thank you very much for joining me today in this new discovery of the city. I send you my best regards, see you soon.
Amonet.
All photographs are my own.
Separators created by me in Photoshop.
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