National Palace , Mexico City

See the history of Mexico as illustrated by Diego Rivera's amazing murals. If you are not familiar with Mexican history, be sure to get a guided tour to understand adequately the significance of the various activities and events depicted.

May be a good visit, if you don't have bad luck and don't meet the collosal meetings that surrounds it. The Historic Center of the city is a place of architectonic fusions and old stories slumber in their walls.

It�s amazing to be able to see all mexican history in one single mural, it�s an exelent place to go if u r in mexico city

It was great art right in your face. You can touch it and see a documented portrait of Mexico and the important people that helped shaped Mexico's history. You don't have to be an art buff to appreciate the murals. The murals are detailed and if you have a tourguide, like I did, they will certainly answer all your questions! You could definately go back everyday and find something new to look at and talk about. Right outside the Palacio Nacional is the Xocalo and lots of vendors! Check it out =). Then go to Coyoacan to see the artwork and house Mexican artist (and wife of Rivera), Frida Kahlo, grew up in.

This isn't Versailles, but it was the Viceroy's palace during the colonial period, and now is a government building. The best thing is the murals, painted by one of Mexico's greatest and most famous artists, depicting the sweep of Mexican history. It's free to get in, but you must have an ID on you (no age limit, the soldiers at the gate just want to see an ID). These murals are some of Rivera's most famous. The palace has a courtyard at the center, and the rooms on every floor open out onto the courtyard, so there is an open hallway on the second floor, which you circulate around to take in all the murals. Brilliant work. At 6:00pm every day, the huge flag in the center of the adjoining Z�calo (main plaza) is lowered, with a military ceremony. The platoon which guards the square and performs the ceremony starts from the Palacio and returns there at the end. The Z�calo is the beating heart of Mexico City and is not to be missed, the Palacio is part of that.