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21. Museo Nacional de San Carlos
Alameda CentralThe San Carlos collection occupies a handsome, 18th-century palace built by Manuel de Tolsá in the final years of Mexico's colonial period. Centered on an unusual oval courtyard, the neoclassical mansion became a cigarette factory in the mid-19th century, lending the colonia its current name of Tabacalera. In 1968, the building became a museum, housing a collection of some 2,000 works of European art, primarily paintings and prints, with a few examples of sculpture and decorative arts ranging in styles. The Museo San Carlos is also the only museum in Mexico to offer tactile tours for the blind on weekends.
Puente de Alvarado 50, Mexico City, Mexico City, 06030, Mexico55-8647–5800Sight Details
Rate Includes: MX$50; free Sun., Tue.–Sun. 10–6, Closed Mon. -
22. Museo Palacio Cultural Banamex
Centro HistóricoBuilt between 1779 and 1785, this baroque palace—note the imposing door and its carved-stone trimmings—was originally a residence for the Counts of Moncada and the Marquises of Jaral de Berrio, a title created only five years earlier. The palace takes its name from Agustín de Iturbide, who stayed here for a short time in 1822. One of the military heroes of the independence movement, the misguided Iturbide proclaimed himself emperor of Mexico once the country finally achieved freedom from Spain. He was staying in the palace when he became emperor, a position he held for less than a year before being driven into exile. In the two centuries since, the house has been a school, a café, and a hotel. In 1964, the Palacio Iturbide became the property of Banamex, which oversaw its restoration and eventually reopened the space in 2004 as a cultural center, showing major exhibitions in the grand central atrium.
Calle Madero 17, Mexico City, Mexico City, 06000, Mexico55-1226–0004Sight Details
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23. Palacio Postal (Dirección General de Correos)
Centro HistóricoMexico 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 Eurocentric architecture common in Mexico during the Porfiriato—the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz (1876–1911). For many, it's one of Mexico's most splendid buildings. Though the Palacio's on-site museum is currently closed for renovations, tours in Spanish are available at 6 pm on the last Wednesday of every month. Tours in English can be arranged over the phone with two days advance notice.
Calle Tacuba 1, Mexico City, Mexico City, 06000, Mexico55-5510–2999-museumSight Details
Rate Includes: Free, Museum Tues.–Fri. 9–6, weekends 9–3:30; post office weekdays 8–8 (stamp window open until 8), weekends 8–3:30 -
24. Templo de San Francisco
Centro HistóricoOn the site of Mexico's first convent (1524), this church has served as a barracks, a hotel, a circus, a theater, and a Methodist temple. The main sanctuary's elaborate baroque facade is set past an iron gate and down a pretty flight of steps from street level. Inside, the Templo is one of the best places in the Centro to get a sense of the seismic shifts that continue to unsettle Mexico City. Stand at the back of the nave and note the chandeliers, which appear frozen mid-swing: an effect of gravity combined with the incline of the aisle, which has sunken unevenly over the centuries. The church next store, in a French neo-Gothic style, was added later.
Madero 7, Mexico City, Mexico City, 06010, Mexico55-5521–7331Sight Details
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