Architecture
Even though Spanish colonial buildings make up most of Centro histórico there are examples of different architectural styles
- Baroque: Palacio de Iturbide, Casa de los Azulejos, Palacio Nacional and Palacio de los Condes de Valparaíso
- Neoclassical: Palacio de Mineria
- Italiante style: Palacio de Correos
- Art Nouveau Palacio de Bellas Artes
- Beaux-Arts: Museo Nacional de Arte, Banco de México
- Art Deco Banco de Mexico, Interior of Palacio de Bellas Artes
- Functionalist: Torre Latinoamericana
Read more about this topic: Historic Center Of Mexico City
Famous quotes containing the word architecture:
“No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
“It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
“Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider, and should be wise in season and not fetter himself with duties which will embitter his days and spoil him for his proper work.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)