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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexicoen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1797-1813 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorTolsá, Manuelen_US
dc.date1797-1813en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T21:54:34Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T21:54:34Z
dc.date.issued1797-1813en_US
dc.identifier186776en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1864en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95970
dc.descriptionIn 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.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectengineering and industryen_US
dc.subjectmanufacturingen_US
dc.subjectminingen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicalen_US
dc.titlePalacio de Mineríaen_US
dc.title.alternativeReal Seminario de Mineríaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-M-MC-PM-D1en_US
vra.culturalContextMexicanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypebank (building)en_US
vra.worktypecollegeen_US
dc.contributor.displayManuel Tolsá (Spanish architect, 1757-1816)en_US


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