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Palacio Postal (Dirección General de Correos)

Address: Calle Tacuba 1, at Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, Alameda Central, Mexico City, 06000
Phone: 55/5510-2999 museum; 55/5521-7394 post office
www.palaciopostal.gob.mx

Category: Architectural Sites
Location: Centro Histórico and Alameda Central

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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 splendid buildings in Mexico. Upstairs, the Museo del Palacio Postal shows Mexico's postal history.

Cost: Free
Open: Museum Tues.-Fri. 9-5:30, weekends 9:30-3:30; post office weekdays 8-6 (stamp window open until 8), weekends 8-3:30
Metro: Bellas Artes

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