El Sargento
The dead tree's trunk in 2018
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Coordinates19°25′9.6″N 99°10′51″W / 19.419333°N 99.18083°W / 19.419333; -99.18083

El Sargento is a Mexican cypress tree in Mexico City's park Chapultepec, planted by Nezahualcoyotl c.1460. After living for approximately 500 years, the tree died in 1969,[1] and its trunk stands today at around 50 feet tall.[2]

References

  1. "Tribuna Monumental y Ahuehuete "El Sargento"". Bosque de Chapultepec. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  2. "Mexico.mx". Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.