Book Signing - Miraflores

Sat Aug 13 2022 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Dead Tree Books | San Antonio

Dead Tree Books
Publisher/HostDead Tree Books
Book Signing - Miraflores
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Miraflores: San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory by Anne Elise Urrutia
Aureliano Urrutia, a prominent physician in Mexico City, built Miraflores garden after immigrating to Texas during the Mexican Revolution. A man of science, he valued nature, art, literature, history, and community. The garden, whose name roughly translates to “behold the flowers,” was built primarily from 1921 to 1945. Its plants, architecture, sculpture, and artisanship formed a cultural landscape reflecting Urrutia’s love for and memory of his homeland. Though recent decades have rendered much of the garden decayed and barely recognizable, it is now part of San Antonio’s historic Brackenridge Park. Miraflores: San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory recounts the garden’s history and celebrates the importance of the cultural, historical, and artistic meaning of a place.
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Dead Tree Books, 5645 S Flores Street Suite 105, San Antonio, United States

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