page_title: Isidro Fabela
section_title: Cultural Center
hierarchical_section_title: Isidro Fabela / Legacy / Cultural Center
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of a sculpture commemorating Isidro Fabela. Bust dated 12-Agosto-1971. Pueblo y Gobierno del Estado de Mexico. Isidro Fabela (1882-1964).
context_page_description: José Isidro Fabela Alfaro was a Mexican judge, politician, professor, writer, publisher, governor of the State of Mexico, diplomat, and delegate to the now defunct League of Nations. Fabela was born in Atlacomulco, Mexico State. He was a member of the group of intellectuals opposed to the Porfirio Díaz regime, the Ateneo de Juventud, a group that also included José Vasconcelos and Diego Rivera. He served prominently revolutionary leader Venustiano Carranza and went on to hold many important posts in the Mexican government.
context_section_description: The home of Isidro Fabela was turned into the Isidro Fabela Cultural Center in 1958. Fabela donated the house in San Ángel, to the Mexican Government. It is alternately called "Casa del Risco". The cultural center is considered a historical monument and houses a large art collection formerly belonging to Isidro Fabela. The collection is a combination of sculptures, furniture and applied arts. The premises include a large library, an archive, and an auditorium. In 1958 The Isidro Fabela Trust formed in a partnership with the Bank of Mexico, and in 1988 joined with the state government of Mexico.
caption: Bust located inside the "Casa de Cultura" in San Angel.
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