El Sargento | |
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The dead tree's trunk in 2018 | |
Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
Coordinates | 19°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, and its trunk stands today at around 50 feet tall.
References
- "Tribuna Monumental y Ahuehuete "El Sargento"". Bosque de Chapultepec. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- "Mexico.mx". Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
External links
- [REDACTED] Media related to El Sargento at Wikimedia Commons
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