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Avenida Juárez y Eje Lázaro Cárdenas
06050 Mexico City
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+52 51 30 0900 x2528
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Neighborhood :
Centro Historico
http://www.bellasartes.gob.mx/INBA/Template12/i... - Tue to Sun from 10:00 AM to 06:00 PM
In 1904, the construction of the Palacio de Bellas Artes began on the remains of the Santa Isabel convent. Porfirio Diaz had wanted to inaugurate it in 1911, to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain. However, the project, under the guidance of Italian architect Adamo Boari, suffered serious setbacks due to the instability of the ground that had been chosen for the building. Time passed, the revolution broke out, and in the end the palace was not completed until 1934, with architect Federico Mariscal heading the project. It is not strange, therefore, that the marble façade, built in a style between Neo-classical and Art Nouveau, is contrasted by an interior that looks much more Art Deco in appearance. Art connoisseurs will certainly appreciate the museum's murals by Rivera, Siqueiros, Orozco, Tamayo and Montenegro, along with the glass Tiffany curtain, composed of almost a million individual pieces, on which Doctor Atl (a modern Mexican landscape painter) depicted the volcanoes of Mexico.
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Trip Advisor Reviews
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“Beautiful Art Deco building”
This historic museum is a must while in Mexico City. Not only is the building gorgeous on the inside and out, but it also displays many thought...
“Lo mejor: los murales!”
Hermoso edificio en zona cntrica... pero sin duda destacan los murales del interior. Muy lindo paseo! more
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Yahoo Travel Reviews
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super cool
this place was amazing the coolest experences i've ever had. I LOVED IT, IT WAS SUPER COOL!!! the best part was arriving ever one there was so ...
Gorgeous Deco Museum- worth seeing!
We came to Belles Artes for the 100 Years of Frida Kahlo exhibition. The museum was easy to get to by the TouriBus (red double decker tour buse...
Bad Experience
It's ok to look at but avoid seeing the programs or having anyinteraction with the staff who are uniformly rude. We went to pruchase tickets f...
Amazing murals
This place is a must see if you like Rivera's murals. It also houses great murals by other Mexican artists, e.g. Tamayo. Well worth a few hours.
Architectural mutant.
Beautiful aberration of the architecture, the Palace proyects gargolytes and greek images in a same angle, mixturing the most antagonic styles ...
It's Totalyfabulisus
It was soooooooooooooooooo cool the old calm feeling gave me the creeps, i visted in the new year it was bueatiful (and cold) syea later!!!
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