Flower Clock, Guatemala City

The Flower Clock is a landscaped time machine that is located at the beginning of La Aurora International Airport in zone 9 of Guatemala City. It was inaugurated in 1965 by the then mayor Francisco Montenegro Sierra and its maintenance is in charge of the Municipality of Guatemala and described at that time by the local press as "a garden that tells the time" and "a masterpiece of watchmaking." modern”.

Using flowers of different colors, the face of a clock is drawn and, on it, three hands move marking the hours, minutes and seconds. It is a very striking green space that attracts the city's tourism and is bordered by a fountain that has the additional detail that not only can those who walk or drive there during the day see it, but it is also visible to the travelers of the planes that land at La Aurora International Airport . In the vicinity of the Clock there are remains of what was the Aerial Aqueduct built during the Spanish rule, which crossed the city of Guatemala to bring water to its inhabitants.