Bushalte
Bellas Artes station
Door 488 locals aanbevolen,
Locatie
Mexico City, CDMX
Historic center of Mexico City
Tips van locals
The most beautiful building in the city, a great museum with murals by the most important artists, a concert hall and a cafeteria.
Former President Porfirio Diaz commissioned the concert hall and museum in 1904 and hired the Italian architect Adamo Boari, who also built the stunning National Post Office (Correo Mayor) building across the street. Of the murals within, don’t forget to catch Diego Rivera’s “Man, the Controller of the Universe,” on the third floor. The Rockefeller family first commissioned it for the center in New York City, but then took offense at the work’s anticapitalist themes and had it destroyed, so the Mexican artist reproduced it in more detail here.
Former President Porfirio Diaz commissioned the concert hall and museum in 1904 and hired the Italian architect Adamo Boari, who also built the stunning National Post Office (Correo Mayor) building across the street. Of the murals within, don’t forget to catch Diego Rivera’s “Man, the Controller of…
One of the main cultural institutions of the city, presenting bigger art exhibitions, music performances and theatre. Just the building itself is worth a visit!