Walking Tour - Impressive murals in Historical Center of Mexico City

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Stop At: National Palace (Palacio Nacional), Avenida Pino Suarez, Corregidora esquina Guatemala Zócalo, Mexico City 06060 Mexico

In this tour, you will know the historical and architectural trajectory of this great monument and you will be able to appreciate the murals of Diego Rivera, knowing their historical and cultural meanings.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City Mexico

The old National Preparatory School is the birthplace of Muralimso. Here is La Creación, the first mural by Diego Rivera. The piece decorates the amphitheater of the Old College of San Ildefonso, where he would meet for the first time a teenager named Frida Kahlo.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Murales de Diego Rivera en la Secretaria de Educacion Publica, Calle Republica de Argentina 28, Mexico City 06000 Mexico

Diego Rivera was chosen to decorate the walls of the former ex-convent of the "Divino Verbo", converted during the government of Álvaro Obregón del Divino Verbo, converted during the government of Álvaro Obregón into the Secretariat of Public Education.

We enter the Patio de los Trabajos. It is impossible to find a space free of paint; Rivera occupied everything. In fact, from floor to ceiling he expressed his interpretation of our pre-Hispanic heritage, the distribution of land and the dignified treatment of workers and peasants. There are more than 150 murals.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Palacio de Bellas Artes, Avenida Juarez y Eje Central s/n Centro Histórico, Mexico City 06050 Mexico

Shortly before the inauguration of the majestic Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1934, several Mexican muralists with international recognition received the official commission to paint on the walls of said enclosure.

This building, which stands intact on Juarez Avenue in the Historic Center of the city, is the maximum house of artistic and cultural expression in Mexico City.

It is a space that accommodates exhibitions, dance shows, plays and more. Its museum, which opened at the same time as the building, was the first museum in Mexico. And undoubtedly the most important works of this place, are the murals that adorn the walls, and that were run by different Mexican artists.