The National Palace of Mexico City.

The National Palace, Mexico City, is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. It is located in Mexico City's main square, the Plaza de la Constitución (El Zócalo). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2126x1061, 2633 KB) Description = México City, Regierungspalast Source = selbst fotografiert Date = created 30. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2126x1061, 2633 KB) Description = México City, Regierungspalast Source = selbst fotografiert Date = created 30. ... (Spanish: Ciudad de México, México D.F. or simply México, pronounced IPA: ) is the capital city of the nation of Mexico. ... The Zócalo, Mexico City Flag in center of the Zócalo Catedral Metropolitana La Plaza de la Constitución, informally called El Zócalo, is a square in Mexico City. ... The Zócalo, Mexico City Catedral Metropolitana Zócalo is a Mexican Spanish term for a town square or town center where social and business transactions take place. ...

The palace was originally constructed in 1563, after the conquest of New Spain. After fires in 1659 and 1692, the palace was reconstructed in its present form. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1821, coinciding with the independence of Mexico from Spain, the palace was named the National Palace (Palacio Nacional). Executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government were housed in the palace; the latter two branches would eventually reside elsewhere. During the second Mexican Empire, Maximilian I renamed it the Imperial Palace. When the empire ended in 1867, the building was once again called the National Palace, and it continued to be the seat of the executive authority and the official residence of the President. Castillo de Chapultepec had been, and would again be, another official residence of the President. The Mexican Empire was the name of Mexico on two non-consecutive occasions in the 19th century when it was ruled by an Emperor. ... Photograph of Maximilian I, circa 1857-1867. ... Aerial view of the Chapultepec Castle and the Monument of the Heroic Cadets. ...

In 1926 a third level was added to the palace under the government of Plutarco Elías Calles. Between 1929 and 1951, the muralist Diego Rivera produced in the palace enormous murals depicting and celebrating the history of Mexico, which occupy almost 1,200 square feet of wall space. Between 1999 and 2000, during the government of Ernesto Zedillo, the palace was substantially remodeled and restored. Term of office: 1 December 1924 – 30 November 1928 Preceded by: Álvaro Obregón Succeeded by: Emilio Portes Gil Date of birth: 25 September 1877 Place of birth: Guaymas, Sonora Date of death: 19 October 1945 Place of death: Mexico City Profession: Schoolteacher, soldier, politician First Lady: Natalia Chacón... Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo (photographer: Carl Van Vechten) Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), (full name Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez) was a Mexican painter and muralist. ... Salle des illustres, ceiling painting, by Jean André Rixens. ... Term of office: 1 December 1994 – 1 December 2000 Preceded by: Carlos Salinas de Gortari Succeeded by: Vicente Fox Quesada Date of birth: 27 December 1951 Place of birth: Mexico City Profession: Economist First Lady: Nilda Patricia Velasco Núñez Political Party: PRI Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born...

The National Palace continues to be the official seat of the executive authority, although it is no longer the official residence of the President. It also lodges, among others, the following offices and areas of interest:

• Office of the Secretary of Property and Public Credit;
• A tribute to Benito Juárez, two-term Mexican President;
• Juárez hall;
• Parliamentary enclosure (the old House of Representatives);
• Gallery of the presidents;
• Morisco hall.

Benito Pablo Juárez García () (March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served two terms (1861–1863 and 1867–1872) as President of Mexico. ...

References

• This article is based on a translation of an article from the Spanish Wikipedia.