El Sargento

El Sargento
The dead tree's trunk in 2018
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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]

  • Sign for the tree, 2018
    Sign for the tree, 2018

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.
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