The National Palace of Mexico
By: foreword Miguel León-Portilla ; photography, Arturo Chapa ; [Patricia Flores Elizondo, general coordination ; Guillermina Olmedo ... et al., translators]
Publisher: Presidencia de la República; Chapa Ediciones
Published: 2007
Place of publication: México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9789685546133
Subjects: Palacio Nacional (Mexico City, Mexico); City halls; Palaces; History
Work titles: Palacio Nacional de México. English
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 452-455).
Table of contents: title: The National Palace : Pride of the Mexicans /; title: Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos; title: Foreword  -- Miguel León-Portilla; title: The Palace of Moctezuma. Chronicle of the Foundations of the National Palace  -- Roberto Velasco Alonso; title: The houses of Hernán Cortes on the Main Plaza in Mexico City  -- Salvador Reyes Equiguas; title: The Royal Palace during the colonial era  -- Salvador Reyes Equiguas; title: The Mint in the National Palace  -- José Antonio Batíz Vázquez; title: The Gallery of the Sibyls. The Public Museum of Natural History, Archaeology and History of Mexico  -- Hugo Arcineaga Ávila; title: The National Palace, 1810-1864  -- Ángeles Gonzlez Gamio; title: The history : iconographic cycles of the Imperial Palace  -- Esther Acevedo; title: National Palace, foundations and fate of power  -- Alejandro Rosas; title: The Frescos of Diego Rivera at the National Palace  -- Jorge Alberto Manrique; title: The National Palace, seat of the executive power in Mexico  -- Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo; title: Restoration, use and conservation of the National Palace -- Mónica Cejudo.