Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas

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The Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas is a historic Beaux-Arts style building in Mexico City that now serves as the home of the Museo Nacional de Arte.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
historic monument
palace
architect Silvio Contri
architectNationality Italian
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
category Beaux-Arts architecture in Mexico
Government buildings in Mexico City
Historic Centre of Mexico City
surface form: Historic center of Mexico City

Museums in Mexico City
commissionedBy Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico
surface form: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas
commissionedUnder Porfirio Díaz
constructionEnd 1911
constructionStart 1904
country Mexico
currentUse art museum building
floorCount 3
formerUse Secretariat of Communications and Public Works headquarters
surface form: Ministry of Communications and Public Works headquarters

federal government office building
hasCourtyard central courtyard
hasDome yes
hasFeature balconies
columns
grand staircase
ornate façade
pilasters
sculptural decoration
statuary
heritageDesignation Monumento Artístico de la Nación
heritageDesignationCountry Mexico
houses Museo Nacional de Arte
inaugurationDate 1911
languageOfName es
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Historic Centre of Mexico City
surface form: Mexico City Historic Center
locatedInCity Mexico City
locatedNear Colegio de Minería
Palacio de Minería
Plaza Manuel Tolsá
locatedOn Calle de Tacuba
material glass
iron
stone
nativeName Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas self-link
operator Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura
ownedBy Government of Mexico
partOf Historic Centre of Mexico City
surface form: Historic Center of Mexico City
roofMaterial glass and iron
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Historic Centre of Mexico City
surface form: Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco

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Museo Nacional de Arte housedIn Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas
MUNAL housedInBuilding Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas
Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas nativeName Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas self-link
Silvio Contri notableWork Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas
this entity surface form: Palacio de Comunicaciones (Mexico City)
Silvio Contri designed Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas
this entity surface form: Palacio de Comunicaciones (Mexico City)