Palacio de Correos de Mexico, Historic post office building in Mexico City, Mexico
Palacio de Correos de Mexico is a post office in downtown Mexico City with several stories and elaborate stone facades. Marble staircases lead through the floors, while bronze elements and carved details decorate the rooms.
Construction began in 1902 under President Porfirio Díaz with architect Adamo Boari from Italy. The building opened in February 1907 and has served as the central post office of the city ever since.
Known as the Quinta Casa de Correos, it is the fifth building to house Mexico City's postal service, after sites on Correo Mayor, Guatemala and Moneda streets. The main hall's third-floor arches carry the coats of arms of the countries in the Universal Postal Union at the start of the 20th century. A meeting room holds frescos by Bartolomé Gallotti painted over 24-carat gold, on the history of written communication.
The main entrance on the corner of Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and Calle de Tacuba opens into the postal hall, where the marble staircase and the leaded glass dome are visible from the ground floor. The Naval History and Culture Museum occupies the top floor, reached by the same stairs or the original Otis elevators. The building sits a short walk from the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
The steel frame rests on a foundation of steel beams made in New York by the Milliken Brothers and shipped to Mexico in 1903. This grid has spared the building the subsidence that affects many structures in the historic centre. Look up in the main hall: the glass dome over the stairwell was designed by Adamo Boari.
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