| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1797-1813 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Tolsá, Manuel | en_US |
| dc.date | 1797-1813 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-25T21:54:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-25T21:54:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1797-1813 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 186776 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1864 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95970 | |
| dc.description | In 1776 by royal decree a bank and a Royal Mining College were to be constructed attesting to the silver boom of 1775-1776. Tolsá began work on the building in 1797. The building is often described as the best example of neoclassical architecture in Mexico City. The Real Seminario de Minería (1797-1813; now the Palacio de Minería), covering an area of almost 7500 sq. m and built around seven courtyards, is one of his finest architectural works. It is classical in style yet closely integrated with the surrounding contemporary architecture in Mexico City in a way that shows the direct dissemination of form and content to actual buildings at a time when academic architectural studies were important.; In 1776 by royal decree a bank and a Royal Mining College were to be constructed attesting to the silver boom of 1775-1776. Tolsá began work on the building in 1797. The building is often described as the best example of neoclassical architecture in Mexico City. The Real Seminario de Minería (1797-1813; now the Palacio de Minería), covering an area of almost 7500 sq. m and built around seven courtyards, is one of his finest architectural works. It is classical in style yet closely integrated with the surrounding contemporary architecture in Mexico City in a way that shows the direct dissemination of form and content to actual buildings at a time when academic architectural studies were important. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/22/2009) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | business, commerce and trade | en_US |
| dc.subject | engineering and industry | en_US |
| dc.subject | manufacturing | en_US |
| dc.subject | mining | en_US |
| dc.subject | Neoclassical | en_US |
| dc.title | Palacio de Minería | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Real Seminario de Minería | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-M-MC-PM-D1 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Mexican | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | bank (building) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | college | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Manuel Tolsá (Spanish architect, 1757-1816) | en_US |
