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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexicoen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1786-1878 (inclusive); 1944 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorHofmann, Juliusen_US
dc.date1786-1878en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T21:52:24Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T21:52:24Z
dc.date.issued1786-1878en_US
dc.identifier186688en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1861en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95882
dc.descriptionThe physical expansion of the city also began in the 1860s. The Habsburg emperor Maximilian ordered the construction of the Avenida del Imperio (now Paseo de la Reforma), a wide boulevard that joined the city centre with the imperial residence at the Castillo de Chapultepec (now housing the Museo Nacional de Historia). The 18th century base of the residence was designed by the Catalonian Agustín Mascaró (1786) with a refashioning in 1864-1865 by Ramon Rodríguez Arango ity with the assistance Eleuterio Méndez. The tower was amplified in 1878 by Angel Anguiano who was both an architect and an astronomer. Maximilian brought in other European and Mexican architects including Hofmann. Castillo de Chapultepec was used as the official presidential residence until 1944, when it became the National History Museum.; The physical expansion of the city also began in the 1860s. The Habsburg emperor Maximilian ordered the construction of the Avenida del Imperio (now Paseo de la Reforma), a wide boulevard that joined the city centre with the imperial residence at the Castillo de Chapultepec (now housing the Museo Nacional de Historia). The 18th century base of the residence was designed by the Catalonian Agustín Mascaró (1786) with a refashioning in 1864-1865 by Ramon Rodríguez Arango ity with the assistance Eleuterio Méndez. The tower was amplified in 1878 by Angel Anguiano who was both an architect and an astronomer. Maximilian brought in other European and Mexican architects including Hofmann. Castillo de Chapultepec was used as the official presidential residence until 1944, when it became the National History Museum. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/17/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; bricken_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectMexico Historyen_US
dc.subjectHapsburgen_US
dc.subjectHabsburgen_US
dc.subjectSecond Mexican Empireen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.titleMuseo Nacional de Historiaen_US
dc.title.alternativeMaximilian's Castleen_US
dc.title.alternativeCastillo de Chapultepecen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-M-MC-MH-B2en_US
vra.culturalContextMexicanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypepalaceen_US
vra.worktypemuseumen_US
dc.contributor.displayJulius Hofmann (German architect, 1840-1896) and other buildersen_US


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