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Palace of Fine Arts | Palacio de Bellas Artes

Palace of Fine Arts

Palace of Fine Arts | Palacio de Bellas Artes - This is probably one of the most emblematic constructions of Ciudad de Mexico, but also one of the most beautiful. It began construction on 2 August 1904, being the president of Porfirio Díaz.  Wanted to celebrate the year.  However, it was not easy.

Palace of Fine Arts Seating - 

Located in the corner of Lazaro Cardenas Axis and Juarez Avenue, the historical center of Mexico City, it rose before itself and to strangers.

Palace of Fine Arts | Palacio de Bellas Artes
Palace of Fine Arts | Palacio de Bellas Artes

Forged in steel, concrete and marble, it is 53 meters high. And it was before the revolution and  Later, with all that, which implies.

Art Nouveau art deco in style, is classic and modern basics.  The best of both worlds. It has four floors and an underground parking lot. 


The Palace of Fine Arts -

It is located on the top floor of the National Museum of Architecture. But the palace of the Museum of Fine Arts is in turn spread over eight exhibition halls. Not to forget your cafeteria and bookstore.


The Palace of Fine Arts observes silent events artistic, political and social. Theaters, dances, plastic arts and music are presented in its stages and rooms.  Along with the lead characters, there are even catchy tributes. The main room is, Manuel M.  Ponce and Adamo Sack.

His ensemble murals are artists such as Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo and Jose Clemente Orozco. It is the only one in the world that presents a glass curtain, which was made by the Tiffany house in New York. In the central dome. 

Four of his sculptures are hand-held women representing drama, lyric drama, comedy and tragedy. While the porch has two female figures who are manly age and young. Details can be seen in doors and windows.


About Mexican flora and fauna - Magnificent construction is slightly submerged each time, due to the materials with which it was built and the terrain on which it is located. In 1987, UNESCO declared it an artistic monument.

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