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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexicoen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1708-1737 (alteration); ca. 1596 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Mexican)en_US
dc.date1596en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T21:50:35Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T21:50:35Z
dc.date.issued1596en_US
dc.identifier186615en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1852en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95809
dc.descriptionThe 16th-century Casa de los Azulejos is clad with 18th-century blue-and-white talavera tiles It was originally the residence of the Count del Valle de Orizaba. In 1919, Sanborns (a retail pharmacy chain) acquired its most famous branch location, the Casa de los Azulejos, a major Mexico City tourist attraction and national monument. This is probably the world's only pharmacy decorated with a mural by José Clemente Orozco. In 1925 he painted the privately commissioned mural Omniscience in the Casa de los Azulejos, when the building was the site of the World-Wide Worker movement. It has also served as the Jockey Club of Mexico.; The 16th-century Casa de los Azulejos is clad with 18th-century blue-and-white talavera tiles It was originally the residence of the Count del Valle de Orizaba. In 1919, Sanborns (a retail pharmacy chain) acquired its most famous branch location, the Casa de los Azulejos, a major Mexico City tourist attraction and national monument. This is probably the world's only pharmacy decorated with a mural by José Clemente Orozco. In 1925 he painted the privately commissioned mural Omniscience in the Casa de los Azulejos, when the building was the site of the World-Wide Worker movement. It has also served as the Jockey Club of Mexico. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/22/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; glazed ceramic tileen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectSixteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectSpanish Colonialen_US
dc.subjectPoblanoen_US
dc.titleCasa de Los Azulejosen_US
dc.title.alternativeHouse of Tilesen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-M-MC-CA-A6en_US
vra.culturalContextMexicanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) fabrication attributes: ceramicsen_US
vra.worktypemansionen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Mexican)en_US


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