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Dirección General de Correos

  • Address: Calle Tacuba and Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, Alameda Central, Mexico City
  • Phone: 55/5510-2999 museum; 55/5521-7394 post office
  • www.palaciopostal.gob.mx

Fodor's Review:

Mexico City's main post office building, designed by Italian architect Adamo Boari and Mexican engineer Gonzalo Garita, is a fine example of Renaissance Revival architecture. Constructed of cream-color sandstone from Teayo, Puebla, and Carrara, Italy, it epitomizes the grand imitations of European architecture common in Mexico during the Porfiriato—the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz (1876-1911). For many, it is one of the most beautiful buildings in Mexico. Upstairs, the Museo del Palacio Postal shows Mexico's postal history.

  • Cost: Free
  • Open: Museum Tues.-Fri. 9-5:30, weekends 9-3; post office weekdays 8-8, Sat. 9-1
  • Metro: Bellas Artes
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