The National Palace is located in the Plaza of the Constitution or, as Mexicans call it, the Zocalo, and takes all her east. A government building was designed by order of the conquistador Hernan Cortes in 1692. Once in his place was the palace of the Aztec Emperor Montezuma, who later became the home of Cortez.

Modern palace began to build in 1562 in the then fashionable Baroque style. Government Building repeatedly exposed to various attacks. So in 1624 and 1692 years it attacked the rebels. In 1821, when Mexico gained its independence, the palace became the presidential residence.

The palace is partially open to tourists. For example, you can visit the rooms where the working president Juárez in 1860. They make up a small museum exhibits which tell about the history of the Mexican Congress. Log in here is free.

On the second floor, the walls are covered with paintings of Diego Rivera, the famous artist and socialist. He worked on the frescoes from 1929 to 1935. A large-scale and value of the work "Epic of the Mexican people for their struggle for freedom and independence" represents two thousand years of history of Mexico. The right wall shows the life of the Mexican aborigines before the arrival of the conquerors of Spain. The left wall is about the present and future of the country after the revolution. On the ground floor wall murals show the life of Mexico before the arrival of the conquistadors, and the life of the city of Tenochtitlan, the site that today is Mexico City.

Now the National Palace is the residence of the President and the Ministry of Finance.