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Palacio Nacional

Government and Civic Buildings

The Palacio Nacional occupies the eastern side of the Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, standing on the site once occupied by the palace of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II before the Spanish conquest, and by a subsequent viceregal palace built from the ruins of that earlier structure. The building was substantially reconstructed after a 1692 riot destroyed much of its interior, and it was later expanded with an additional story in the 1920s to reach its present three-story form, serving today as the seat of Mexico's federal executive power. Its central stairwell and upper corridors are covered by a series of large murals painted between 1929 and 1951 by Diego Rivera, depicting the sweep of Mexican history from the pre-Columbian era through the Spanish conquest to the twentieth century. The palace also houses the Liberty Bell rung by the priest Miguel Hidalgo to launch Mexico's war of independence in 1810, displayed above its main entrance and rung each year on Independence Day.

Facts
Partially Attested
Completed Year
1929 1
Source gives the 1926 to 1929 third-floor addition that produced the present form; no single completion date is stated
Building Type
Government building 1
Location
Mexico City, Mexico 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Government / Parliament Building 2
Connections

Has Building Type

Parliament Building, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Baroque Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Wikipedia: National Palace (Mexico)

Uses Element

Stone, Architectural Materials
Source Wikipedia: National Palace (Mexico)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: National Palace (Mexico)
  • Description
    classified as a government building
  • Infobox, Location
    Mexico City, Mexico
  • After independence
    Between 1926 and 1929, the third floor was added
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Palacio Nacional occupies the eastern side of the Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, standing on the site once occupied by the palace of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II before the Spanish conquest, and by a subsequent viceregal palace built from the ruins of that earlier structure. The building was substantially reconstructed after a 1692 riot destroyed much of its interior, and it was later expanded with an additional story in the 1920s to reach its present three-story form, serving today as the seat of Mexico's federal executive power. Its central stairwell and upper corridors are covered by a series of large murals painted between 1929 and 1951 by Diego Rivera, depicting the sweep of Mexican history from the pre-Columbian era through the Spanish conquest to the twentieth century. The palace also houses the Liberty Bell rung by the priest Miguel Hidalgo to launch Mexico's war of independence in 1810, displayed above its main entrance and rung each year on Independence Day.
  • In Style: Baroque Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Baroque
  • Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia article
    The old palace was destroyed to make way for the new, but both were built of the very same stone.
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2. Wikidata: Palacio Nacional
Wikidata Q3305377, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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