Palacio del Obispado by Richardphotos
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Description
The Palacio del Obispado, Spanish for Bishop's Palace, is located in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, Northeastern Mexico. It contains a museum.
The Palace was constructed on the slopes of a hill, later named Cerro del Obispado (Bishop Hill) after its principal building.
In 1787, when a merciless snow storm fell upon Monterrey, Fray (brother) Rafael Verger decided that the time was ripe to erect a Catholic Diocese, in order to supply a shelter to the matters of Faith and, moreover, to provide an occupation for all the impoverished and famished indigents, who were suffering due to the extreme climate conditions.
Some time later and owing to its strategic location at the top of a hill, this religious seat performed as a fortress, when the United States troops invaded Mexico in September of 1846.
Years later, Pancho Villa took this jewel of colonial architecture as his headquarters. From those violent times there still remain the artillery and bullet holes upon the walls.
The Bishop's Palace was built in the Spanish colonial Baroque style. The domed tower has a carved stone facade.
It is one of the city's oldest buildings, completed by the end of the 18th century.
The country's biggest monumental flag was located at the top of the Cerro del Obispado, in the same place the public scenic lookout is, and it was inaugurated on February 24, 2005 to celebrate the Mexican Flag Day. This flag is currently the second largest in the country. With a pole of 120 tons and 100.6 meters of height and the flag measuring 50 by 28.6 meters and weighting 230 kilograms (this is double the size of most other monumental flags) this place is a very attractive landmark for tourists as well as for locals.
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a picture of a picture that I took in 1993
Comments (28)
CavalierLady
Beautiful architecture! The stonework is amazing. Nice to see you restore some of your older pics.
caty77
A beautiful building. Steps before the palacio are like another stome; it was construct above another construction? Have a good day!
drittervon5
Beautiful shot! Well done!
sossy
fascinating architecture and a lot to see! what a stunning building! ;o)
ontar1
Beautiful old building, thank you for the info!
byteline
Fantastic photo and thanks for the infos!
nickcarter
Nice location!!
Faemike55
impressive building with an interesting history
DennisReed
cool
Jean_C
Amazing baroque building, very nice capture, Richard!
Leije
Beautiful colonial baroque building, very nice shot, Richard !
irisinthespring
Wonderful find and capture!
jayfar
A really lovely old building.
loligagger
Beautiful!!!!!!!!
eekdog Online Now!
rugged but still stands. very cool..
romangirl
Great picture!
MarciaGomes
Fantástica foto Richard a arquitetura é maravilhosa belos detalhes.+++++++++++5 Obrigado pela narração.
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
Windigo
Awesome shot and info!
shadownet
Great photo. Love the camera angle and those kids walking on the step rails. No matter where you go, kids will be kids. :) Building is lovely work of architecture. I am sure if the stones could speak they would have some tales to tell. :)
starship64
It's a beautiful building with a fascination history.
danapommet
A very fancy decorated building plus you have given us a wonderful history lesson. Thanks Richard!
jocko500
very rich rock work was done on it. cool shot
UteBigSmile
Beautiful old colonial baroque building!
farmerC
Shining.
netsuke
Beautiful architecture.
flavia49
amazing
RodS
A most beautiful old building that has stood the test of time. Wonderful photo, Richard1