Garden of St. Augustine

The Garden of St. Augustine is one of those spaces that reveal the most introspective Guadalajara. Located in the heart of the Historical Centre, in the corner that form the Legislative Palace and the ancient Augustino exclaution, this garden occupies a fragment of what was the extensive Convent of San Agustín, one of the most influential religious institutions of the city during the vireinal period. Today, this past is seen in the quiet atmosphere that surrounds the place, where history is not imposed, but rather accompanies. During the 1980s, architect Gonzalo Villa Chávez transformed this transit space into a real urban shelter. With a sober and sensitive intervention, it incorporated gallean gardeners, a colorful vegetation that softens the environment, and a discreet source that brings freshness and rhythm to space. The result is a small rest of calm in the middle of the center movement, ideal for sitting, observing and reconnecting with the city from a more paused angle. To visit the Garden of Saint Augustine is to discover how Guadalajara can keep his memory even in its quieter corners.