National Palace

The National Palace is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. Since 2018 it has also served as the official residence for the President of Mexico.
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  • Type: Palace
  • Description: Seat of the Executive branch of the Mexican Federal Government in Mexico City
  • Also known as: “National Palace of Mexico”, “Nationalpalast”, and “Palace of the Viceroy”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral and Templo Mayor.

Church
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, also commonly called the , is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. is situated 300 metres northwest of National Palace.

Ruins
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The was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now . Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. is situated 270 metres north of National Palace.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in the historic center of . It is housed in what was the Palacio del Arzobispado, built in 1530 under Friar Juan de Zumárraga on the base of the destroyed pyramid dedicated to the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca. is situated 130 metres north of National Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

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The old city center or Histórico of , centered on the Plaza de la Constitución, has been the heart of the nation since Aztec times. Its colonial and European architecture and narrow cobblestone streets set it apart from the rest of Mexico City.

Quarter
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was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the . Its inhabitants, known as the Tlatelolca, were part of the Mexica, a Nahuatl-speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century.

Neighborhood
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is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of . The neighborhood is shaped like a long triangle with the boundaries: Paseo de la Reforma on the north, Avenida Chapultepec on the south, and Eje 1 Poniente on the east. is situated 3 km west of National Palace.

National Palace

Latitude
19.4325° or 19° 25′ 57″ north
Longitude
-99.1311° or 99° 7′ 52″ west
Elevation
2,244 metres (7,362 feet)
Open location code
76F2CVM9+2H
Geo­Names ID
6957083
Wiki­data ID
Q1517884
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“National Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القصر الوطني”
  • Armenian: “Ազգային պալատ”
  • Armenian: “Մեքսիկայի ազգային պալատ”
  • Asturian: “Palaciu Nacional (Méxicu)”
  • Asturian: “Palaciu Nacional”
  • Basque: “Jauregi Nazionala”
  • Basque: “Mexikoko Jauregi Nazionala”
  • Catalan: “Palau Nacional”
  • Chinese: “国家宫”
  • Chinese: “國家宮”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalna palača”
  • Danish: “Palacio Nacional”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal Paleis”
  • Dutch: “Palacio Nacional”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القصر الوطنى”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Palaco (Meksikurbo)”
  • Estonian: “Rahvuspalee (Mehhiko)”
  • Estonian: “Rahvuspalee”
  • French: “Palais du Viceroi”
  • French: “Palais national du Mexique”
  • French: “palais National”
  • French: “Palais national”
  • Galician: “Palacio Nacional”
  • German: “Palacio Nacional”
  • Hebrew: “הארמון הלאומי”
  • Hungarian: “Nemzeti Palota”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Nasional”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Nazionale”
  • Japanese: “国立宮殿”
  • Latvian: “Nacionālā pils”
  • Macedonian: “Национална палата”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Palacio Nacional”
  • Norwegian: “Palacio Nacional”
  • Polish: “Pałac Narodowy w Meksyku”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Nacional do México”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Nacional”
  • Russian: “Национальный дворец”
  • Serbian: “Национална палата (Мексико)”
  • Serbian: “Национална палата”
  • Slovenian: “Palacio Nacional, Ciudad de Mexico”
  • Spanish: “Palacio del Virrey”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Nacional de México”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Nacional” (historical)
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Saray”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний палац (Мехіко)”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний палац”
  • Western Armenian: “Ազգային Պալատ (Մեքսիքօ)”
  • Western Armenian: “Ազգային Պալատ”

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