Palacio de Hierro de Orizaba
Palacio de Hierro de Orizaba is a building made entirely of steel, iron and wood in the city of Orizaba in the state of Veracruz and unique in Mexico for its structure . Its components were shipped from Belgium in 1891 and 1892 and assembled over the next two years. The main attraction for tourists coming to Orizaba , the building served as the town hall between 1894 and 1991 .
history
Originally the Palacio de Hierro (Iron Palace) designed by Joseph Danly or Gustave Eiffel in collaboration with the Belgian Société Anonyme des Forges D'Aiseau was exhibited at the industrial exhibition in Belgium in 1889. For the sum of 245,000 Belgian francs or the equivalent of 72,000 Mexican silver pesos, the components were purchased by the city council of Orizaba in 1891 and transported on a total of three ships between June 1891 and August 1892. After a two-year construction period, the building was opened on September 16, 1894. Before the municipal authorities moved to the new Palacio Municipal in 1991, the Palacio de Hierro served as Orizaba's town hall for 97 years.
The building currently houses the Gran Café de Orizaba , the tourist information office , a beer museum , the city museum , the Biblioteca pública María Enriqueta McNaught and a hall for various purposes.
Web links
- Orizaba en Red: 110 años de historia del palacio de hierro (Spanish; article from September 14, 2004)
- Edificios de México: Palacio de Hierro, Antiguo Palacio Municipal (Spanish; accessed December 14, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ France / MexiqueEiffel, y es-tu? Fantômes et fantasmes de fer au Mexique destinationmex.com , January 6, 2017, accessed on February 1, 2020 (French)
- ↑ Palacio de Hierro de Orizaba veracruz.mx , accessed on February 1, 2020 (Spanish)
- ↑ Edicicios de México: Palacio de Hierro, Antiguo Palacio Municipal edemax.com , accessed on December 14, 2013 (Spanish)
Coordinates: 18 ° 50 ′ 58.9 ″ N , 97 ° 6 ′ 21.7 ″ W.