Faro del Comercio is a monument designed by the famous MexicanarchitectLuis Barragan and contructed by architect Raul Ferrara. It was built to celebrate the first 100 years of the Chamber of Commerce in Monterrey. It is located in the Gran Plaza just in front of the Cathedral and behind the Municipal Offices of Monterrey. It is 69.80 meters tall and 12.33 wide. Its red color makes it a must see when visiting the Gran Plaza, also called Macro Plaza. At night, it beams a green laser all over Monterrey and some parts of the Metropolitan Area. Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1403 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1403 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... Luis Barragán (1902-1988), one of the most important Mexican architects of the 20th century. ... This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ...
An immense, ochre-colored, 16th-century church that succumbed to the 1869 fire.
To one side of the cathedral, the small chapel Capilla de La Dolorosa (Chapel of the Lady of Sorrows), which dates to 1630, is distinguished by a lovely Moorish-style carved wooden ceiling and fine baroque altarpiece.
When Nationalists of Bayamo decided to concur the Spaniards they burned down this Parroquiral de Mayor San Salvador all arts got lost.
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