This is a list of the preserved important colonial government and civil buildings in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.
Mexico City was traditionally known as La Ciudad de los Palacios ("the City of the Palaces"), a nickname attributed to Baron Alexander von Humboldt when visiting the city in the 19th century.
Aside from being a notable city in colonial times, the city grew in the 20th century enormously in terms of population, adhering to over a hundred of suburbs close to the city (former suburbs today called "pueblos originarios" or "colonias").
Name | Image | Built | Architectural style | Architect(s) | Belonged to the religious order | Source | Location | ID | ||||||||
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Casa de los Azulejos or Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba (it currently houses a restaurant) |
16th century-1737 | Baroque and Azulejos | Count of the Valle de Orizaba family | [1] |
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National Palace (in the colonial the Palace of the Viceroys of Mexico) | 1522-1845 | Baroque | Claudio de Arciniega, Juan Gómez de Trasmonte | [2] |
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00208 | ||||||||||
House of the First Printing Press in the Americas | 1524 | Gerónimo de Aguilar | [3] |
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05346 | |||||||||||
Casa del Mayorazgo de Medina | 1525-18th century | Baroque | [4] |
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I-09-00791 | |||||||||||
Old Archbishop's Palace (currently the Museum of the Ministry of Finance) | 1530-1771 | Baroque | José Miguel de Rivera Saravia | [5] |
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00277 | ||||||||||
Palacio de los Condes de Santiago de Calimaya (currently the Museum of Mexico City) | 1536-1779 | Baroque | Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres | [6] |
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00241 | ||||||||||
Academia de San Carlos (currently is part of the UNAM) | 1540-1781 | Neoclassical | [7] |
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00120 | |||||||||||
Casa de las Gallas (it was a colonial brothel) | 1542-16th century | Baroque | [8] |
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Colegio de San Ildefonso (it currently houses a museum) | 1588-1749 | Churrigueresque | Jesuits | [9] [10] |
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00273 | ||||||||||
Centro Cultural Casa Talavera | 16th century-1711 | Baroque | Marquess of San Miguel de Aguayo | [11] |
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00243 | ||||||||||
Colegio de Cristo (currently houses the Caricature Museum) | 1612-1694 | Churrigueresque | Jesuits | [12] |
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00223 | ||||||||||
Hospicio de San Nicolás Tolentino | 17th century | Order of Augustinian Recollects | [13] |
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00257 | |||||||||||
Portal de los Evangelistas | 1685-18th century | Diego Pedraza, Juan Jaramillo | [14] |
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Casa de los Condes de Miravalle (currently houses a hotel) | 1690-early 18th century | Alonso Dávalos Bracamontes de Ulibarri y de la Cueva, 1st Count of Miravalle | [15] |
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I-09-01023 | |||||||||||
Hospital del Divino Salvador | 1700-1809 | Congregación del Divino Salvador, Society of Jesus | [16] |
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00221 | |||||||||||
Alhóndiga of Mexico City | 1711 |
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00019 | |||||||||||||
Old Customs Building | 1729-1790 | Manuel Joseph de Herrera, Pedro Arrieta, Miguel Costansó | [17] |
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00187 | |||||||||||
Old Mint of Mexico (currently houses the National Museum of Cultures) | 1731-1734 | Luis Diez Navarro y Albuquerque, Bernardino de Orduña | [18] |
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M-09-066-05-00 | |||||||||||
Palace of the Inquisition (it currently houses the Museum of Mexican Medicine) | 1732-1736 | Baroque | Pedro de Arrieta | [19] |
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00188 | ||||||||||
Palacio del Marqués de Selva Nevada | 1753 | Baroque | [20] |
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00101 | |||||||||||
Old Town Hall of Coyoacán (it is still the seat of the town hall) | 1755-1756 | [21] |
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00101 | ||||||||||||
Casas de los Camilos | 1756-early 19th century | Baroque | Camillians | [22] |
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Palacio de los Condes de Heras y Soto | 1760-1769 | Baroque | [23] |
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06428 | |||||||||||
Casa de los Condes de San Bartolomé de Xala | 1763-1764 | Churrigueresque | Lorenzo Rodríguez | [24] |
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06428 | ||||||||||
Colegio de las Vizcaínas (it currently a preparatory college) | 1767 | Baroque | José Miguel de Rivera Saravia | [25] |
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Palacio de los Condes de San Mateo de Valparaíso (it currently the seat of the Foro Valparaíso) | 1769-1772 | New Spanish Baroque | Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres | [26] |
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Palacio de Iturbide (now houses the Palacio de Cultura Citibanamex museum) | 1779-1785 | New Spanish Baroque | Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres and Agustín Durán | [27] |
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Chapultepec Castle (a former royal palace) | 1785-1864 | Neoclassical | Eleuterio Méndez, Ramón Cruz Arango, Julius Hofmann, Carl Gangolf Kayser, Carlos Schaffer | [28] |
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Palacio del Conde de Buenavista (currently houses the Museo Nacional de San Carlos) | late 18th century-1805 | Neoclassical | Manuel Tolsá | [29] |
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Royal Tobacco Factory | 1793-1807 | Neoclassical | José Antonio González Velázquez, Miguel Costansó, Ignacio Castera | [30] |
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00201 | ||||||||||
Casa de la Marquesa de Selva Nevada | 18th century | Baroque | [ citation needed] |
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Palacio de Minería | 1797-1813 | Neoclassical | Manuel Tolsá | [31] |
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This is a list of the preserved important colonial government and civil buildings in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.
Mexico City was traditionally known as La Ciudad de los Palacios ("the City of the Palaces"), a nickname attributed to Baron Alexander von Humboldt when visiting the city in the 19th century.
Aside from being a notable city in colonial times, the city grew in the 20th century enormously in terms of population, adhering to over a hundred of suburbs close to the city (former suburbs today called "pueblos originarios" or "colonias").
Name | Image | Built | Architectural style | Architect(s) | Belonged to the religious order | Source | Location | ID | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Casa de los Azulejos or Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba (it currently houses a restaurant) |
16th century-1737 | Baroque and Azulejos | Count of the Valle de Orizaba family | [1] |
|
|||||||||||
National Palace (in the colonial the Palace of the Viceroys of Mexico) | 1522-1845 | Baroque | Claudio de Arciniega, Juan Gómez de Trasmonte | [2] |
|
00208 | ||||||||||
House of the First Printing Press in the Americas | 1524 | Gerónimo de Aguilar | [3] |
|
05346 | |||||||||||
Casa del Mayorazgo de Medina | 1525-18th century | Baroque | [4] |
|
I-09-00791 | |||||||||||
Old Archbishop's Palace (currently the Museum of the Ministry of Finance) | 1530-1771 | Baroque | José Miguel de Rivera Saravia | [5] |
|
00277 | ||||||||||
Palacio de los Condes de Santiago de Calimaya (currently the Museum of Mexico City) | 1536-1779 | Baroque | Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres | [6] |
|
00241 | ||||||||||
Academia de San Carlos (currently is part of the UNAM) | 1540-1781 | Neoclassical | [7] |
|
00120 | |||||||||||
Casa de las Gallas (it was a colonial brothel) | 1542-16th century | Baroque | [8] |
|
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Colegio de San Ildefonso (it currently houses a museum) | 1588-1749 | Churrigueresque | Jesuits | [9] [10] |
|
00273 | ||||||||||
Centro Cultural Casa Talavera | 16th century-1711 | Baroque | Marquess of San Miguel de Aguayo | [11] |
|
00243 | ||||||||||
Colegio de Cristo (currently houses the Caricature Museum) | 1612-1694 | Churrigueresque | Jesuits | [12] |
|
00223 | ||||||||||
Hospicio de San Nicolás Tolentino | 17th century | Order of Augustinian Recollects | [13] |
|
00257 | |||||||||||
Portal de los Evangelistas | 1685-18th century | Diego Pedraza, Juan Jaramillo | [14] |
|
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Casa de los Condes de Miravalle (currently houses a hotel) | 1690-early 18th century | Alonso Dávalos Bracamontes de Ulibarri y de la Cueva, 1st Count of Miravalle | [15] |
|
I-09-01023 | |||||||||||
Hospital del Divino Salvador | 1700-1809 | Congregación del Divino Salvador, Society of Jesus | [16] |
|
00221 | |||||||||||
Alhóndiga of Mexico City | 1711 |
|
00019 | |||||||||||||
Old Customs Building | 1729-1790 | Manuel Joseph de Herrera, Pedro Arrieta, Miguel Costansó | [17] |
|
00187 | |||||||||||
Old Mint of Mexico (currently houses the National Museum of Cultures) | 1731-1734 | Luis Diez Navarro y Albuquerque, Bernardino de Orduña | [18] |
|
M-09-066-05-00 | |||||||||||
Palace of the Inquisition (it currently houses the Museum of Mexican Medicine) | 1732-1736 | Baroque | Pedro de Arrieta | [19] |
|
00188 | ||||||||||
Palacio del Marqués de Selva Nevada | 1753 | Baroque | [20] |
|
00101 | |||||||||||
Old Town Hall of Coyoacán (it is still the seat of the town hall) | 1755-1756 | [21] |
|
00101 | ||||||||||||
Casas de los Camilos | 1756-early 19th century | Baroque | Camillians | [22] |
|
|||||||||||
Palacio de los Condes de Heras y Soto | 1760-1769 | Baroque | [23] |
|
06428 | |||||||||||
Casa de los Condes de San Bartolomé de Xala | 1763-1764 | Churrigueresque | Lorenzo Rodríguez | [24] |
|
06428 | ||||||||||
Colegio de las Vizcaínas (it currently a preparatory college) | 1767 | Baroque | José Miguel de Rivera Saravia | [25] |
|
|||||||||||
Palacio de los Condes de San Mateo de Valparaíso (it currently the seat of the Foro Valparaíso) | 1769-1772 | New Spanish Baroque | Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres | [26] |
|
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Palacio de Iturbide (now houses the Palacio de Cultura Citibanamex museum) | 1779-1785 | New Spanish Baroque | Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres and Agustín Durán | [27] |
|
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Chapultepec Castle (a former royal palace) | 1785-1864 | Neoclassical | Eleuterio Méndez, Ramón Cruz Arango, Julius Hofmann, Carl Gangolf Kayser, Carlos Schaffer | [28] |
|
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Palacio del Conde de Buenavista (currently houses the Museo Nacional de San Carlos) | late 18th century-1805 | Neoclassical | Manuel Tolsá | [29] |
|
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Royal Tobacco Factory | 1793-1807 | Neoclassical | José Antonio González Velázquez, Miguel Costansó, Ignacio Castera | [30] |
|
00201 | ||||||||||
Casa de la Marquesa de Selva Nevada | 18th century | Baroque | [ citation needed] |
|
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Palacio de Minería | 1797-1813 | Neoclassical | Manuel Tolsá | [31] |
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00205 |
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