Palacio del Gobernador, Merida
The Governor's Palace (Palacio del Gobernador) in Merida is a 19th century rebuilding of an earlier colonial structure whose architecture it accurately replicates. When the Governor is not in residence it is possible to walk in and explore the courtyard, it's balconies and some of the civic rooms upstairs.
The most memorable feature here however is the extensive sequence of murals by Fernando Castro Pacheco executed in the 1970s in a semi-abstract style, forming a kind of contemporary answer to the Rivera murals in Mexico City. The murals tell the history of Yucatan and Mexico, beginning with the Mayan Creation myth on the main staircase, followed by images of Mayan resistance to the Conquistadors and more recent revolutionary leaders.
Palacio del Gobernador, Merida
The Governor's Palace (Palacio del Gobernador) in Merida is a 19th century rebuilding of an earlier colonial structure whose architecture it accurately replicates. When the Governor is not in residence it is possible to walk in and explore the courtyard, it's balconies and some of the civic rooms upstairs.
The most memorable feature here however is the extensive sequence of murals by Fernando Castro Pacheco executed in the 1970s in a semi-abstract style, forming a kind of contemporary answer to the Rivera murals in Mexico City. The murals tell the history of Yucatan and Mexico, beginning with the Mayan Creation myth on the main staircase, followed by images of Mayan resistance to the Conquistadors and more recent revolutionary leaders.