Park
Republic Square
Historic downtown square with shade oaks, a farmers market, and bronze busts of independence-era revolutionaries.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Republic Square in downtown Austin follows the bronze bust of Miguel Hidalgo standing at its edge back to the Mexican American neighborhood once known as Little Mexico, whose families gathered here every Sunday after mass at nearby Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and every September for Diez y Seis, Mexican Independence Day. It traces how a nineteen twenty eight city plan reshaped who was allowed to live around the square, and what that meant for the neighborhood's biggest yearly celebration.
This audio guide was created using AI.