Chamizal National Memorial

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

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The Chamizal National Memorial, located in El Paso (Texas ), on the border between the United States and Mexico commemorates the peaceful end of the Chamizal border dispute.

The 222.200 square meter memorial serves primarily as a cultural center and includes art galleries, a theater and an amphitheater. A museum that shows the history of the border between the U.S. and Mexico, is located in the visitor center. The park commemorates the peaceful settlement of the more than 100 -year-long border dispute. This was caused by natural changes in the course of the river Rio Grande between the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. This National Memorial was built on a piece of land that had been the United States awarded by the agreement of Chamizal in 1963. On the opposite side of the now Mexican counterpart was installed, the Parque Público Federal " El Chamizal ".

The National Memorial was approved on 30 June 1966. It was opened on 4 February 1974, officially registered on the same day in the National Register of Historic Places.

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