Chapultepec Castle

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castle cultural landmark historic fortress museum tourist attraction

Chapultepec Castle is a historic fortress and former imperial and presidential residence in Mexico City, now serving as a prominent museum and cultural landmark.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
National Museum of History (Chapultepec Castle) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
cultural landmark ⓘ
historic fortress ⓘ
museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Francesco Sabatini ⓘ
Manuel Tolsá ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Gothic architecture

Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
category Castles in Mexico ⓘ
Historic house museums in Mexico ⓘ
Museums in Mexico City ⓘ
Palaces in Mexico ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1785 ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 2325 metres ⓘ
floorCount multiple levels including terraces and gardens ⓘ
formerUse fortress ⓘ
imperial residence ⓘ
military academy ⓘ
presidential residence ⓘ
hasCollection Mexican historical artifacts ⓘ
furniture from imperial and presidential periods ⓘ
murals ⓘ
paintings ⓘ
hasPart National Museum of History ⓘ
hasView Mexico City skyline ⓘ
Paseo de la Reforma ⓘ
heritageDesignation Historic monument of Mexico ⓘ
inception late 18th century ⓘ
locatedIn Chapultepec Hill ⓘ
Bosque de Chapultepec ⓘ
surface form: Chapultepec Park

Mexico City ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Mexico City ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn former Aztec sacred site ⓘ
locatedOnLandform hill ⓘ
operator Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ
surface form: National Institute of Anthropology and History
ownedBy Government of Mexico ⓘ
partOf Bosque de Chapultepec ⓘ
surface form: Chapultepec Forest
significantEvent Battle of Chapultepec ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
conversion into National Museum of History ⓘ
residence of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico ⓘ
residence of President Porfirio Díaz ⓘ
touristAttraction major tourist attraction in Mexico City ⓘ
use museum ⓘ
residence ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miguel Hidalgo → contains → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico City borough)
Miguel Hidalgo borough → contains → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
Battle of Chapultepec → fortification → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
Chapultepec Hill → hasLandmark → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
Miguel Hidalgo → hasLandmark → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico City borough)
Auditorio metro station → hasNearbyAttraction → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
Bosque de Chapultepec → hasPart → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
Monument to the Niños Héroes → locatedNear → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
Battle of Chapultepec → location → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
Altar a la Patria → near → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
Chapultepec Lake → near → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Museum of History (Chapultepec Castle)
Chapultepec Peace Accords → signedAt → Chapultepec Castle ⓘ