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The facade of the Palacio de Gobierno. Government Palace of Nuevo León. The Palacio de Gobierno, or the Government Palace of Nuevo León, is a state government building in Monterrey, the capital city of Nuevo León state, in northern Mexico. The Neoclassical style building is located in the northernmost section of the Macroplaza in the city.
Casa de los Azulejos depicted in a painting of 1858 during the Reform War. Casa de los Azulejos in 1920. [5] The house is currently on the Callejón de la Condesa, between 5 de Mayo Street and what is now Madero Street. Madero Street was laid out in the 16th century and originally called San Francisco Street, after the church and monastery here ...
Luis Barragán House and Studio, also known as Casa Luis Barragán, is the former residence of architect Luis Barragán in Miguel Hidalgo district, Mexico City. [1] It is owned by the Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía and the Government of the State of Jalisco .
It is located on Mexico City's main square, the Plaza de la Constitución . This site has been a palace for the ruling class of Mexico since the Aztec Empire , and much of the current palace's building materials are from the original one that belonged to the 16th-century leader Moctezuma II .
Mexico City Museum facade Frontal view of the courtyard.. The history of the Old Palace of the Counts of Santiago de Calimaya dates back to the year 1527, when Mr. Juan Gutiérrez Altamirano arrived in New Spain from the island of Cuba, where he had been governor in 1524; to take the post of Corregidor of Texcoco and overseer of Hernán Cortés.
Located at the corner of Madero and Isabel la Católica Streets in Mexico City, diagonally opposite the Museo del Estanquillo, its original name was "La Iglesia de la Casa Profesa." This church is well known for being the site of a number of historical events, including the "La Profesa Conspiracy," which was instrumental in bringing Agustín de ...
It was changed to Ciudad de San Cristóbal in 1829. “de las Casas” was added in 1848 in honor of Bartolomé de las Casas. There were some modifications in the early 20th century to the name but it returned to San Cristóbal de las Casas in 1943. [2] In the Tzotzil and Tzeltal languages the name of the area is Jovel, “the place in the ...
The site of the current palace was sold to Francisco de Fagoaga y Arósqueta, who was in charge of minting and the collection of the king's share of precious metals mined in Mexico. [1] Fagoaga commissioned architect Manuel Tolsá , who built a number of other structures in the city to design, to build this palace between 1795 and 1805. [ 4 ]