The fountain in Plaza de César Chávez

Plaza de César Chávez is a small, 2.2 acre (9,000 m²) park in Downtown San Jose, California, USA, named after César Chávez (originally "The Plaza", then "Pueblo Plaza") in 1993. It is surrounded by South Market Street, across which is The Tech Museum of Innovation, the San Jose Museum of Art, and the Fairmont San Jose Hotel. At the south end is a statue of the "Plumed Serpent" Quetzalcoatl. A fountain in the Plaza de César Chávez, Downtown San Jose, California. ... A fountain in the Plaza de César Chávez, Downtown San Jose, California. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... César Estrada Chávez or Cesar Estrada Chavez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) founded the National Farm Workers Association that later became the United Farm Workers. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Tech Museum of Innovation, or simply The Tech, is a museum located in the heart of Silicon Valley, in downtown San Jose, California USA. Focusing on technology and its effects, The Tech serves as an important educational and cultural resource for tourists and local residents alike. ... The San Jose Museum of Art The San Jose Museum of Art is a museum in Downtown San Jose, California, USA, founded in 1969 as the Civic Art Gallery. The front part of the building was originally built as the San Jose post office in 1892, and was the city... Fairmont San Jose Hotel is a large, luxurious and stylish hotel in the very center of San José, California. ... Quetzalcoatl (feathered snake, in Nahuatl: Ketsalkoatl, in Spanish: Quetzalcóatl) is the Nahuatl name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations and also the name given to some toltec rulers, the most famous is [Topiltzin Ce...

At different times of the year it hosts live music, cultural festivals, arts and crafts fairs, food shows, the official city Christmas tree, water fountains, and open-air theater. Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity which involves organized and audible sound, though definitions vary. ... A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. ... It has been suggested that Handicraft be merged into this article or section. ... A Christmas tree in a Danish home. ... The Jet dEau fountain in Lake Geneva in Geneva A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons), fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Plaza was established when San José moved from its original location on the bank of the Guadalupe River to the current downtown location in 1797 and has been in use ever since, making it the oldest public open space in California. Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Motto: Official website: http://www. ... The Guadalupe River is a short river in California that runs from the Santa Cruz Mountains flowing north through San Jose, California, and emptying into the San Francisco Bay at Alviso. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The present-day park was the site of California's capitol from 1849 to 1851, a period during which the California Republic gained American statehood; hence, the site contained California's first state capitol. From 1889 to 1958, San Jose's city hall occupied the center of the park [1] before the local government moved northward to North First and Mission Streets. Photo of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC, December 2003. ... A replica of the first Bear Flag now on display at El Presidio de Sonoma, or Sonoma Barracks, established in 1836 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo as a part of Mexicos strategy to halt Russian incursions into the region. ... This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. ...