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I have shots of the beautiful Palacio de Bellas Artes from different angles but this is the first time from arguably the best of better vantage point - Finca Don Porfirio cafeteria on the 9th floor of the Sears Tower directly across the street from the theatre - for the price of a coffee on the outdoor patio.

Left of the theatre is Alameda Central & to the right Palacio Postal.

The Palace of Fine Arts is Mexico City’s grandest. It is one of the many public buildings begun during the government of Porfirio Díaz, in office from 1876 to 1911.

The stunning Art Nouveau masterpiece was envisioned for the centenary celebrations of Mexico’s independence in 1910, and was completed in 1934.

The building is instantly recognizable due to its elegant, ornate, white Carrara marble façade and shimmering, dragon scale roof tiles.

Italian Adamo Boari began construction on the Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1904, but it was halted both before and during the period of the Mexican Revolution.

Originally due to take four years to complete, it took 30! Presidente Porfirio Diaz managed to lay the inaugural stone before construction was interrupted.

While Díaz managed to lay the first stone in 1904, little work was done for another decade, as the political climate changed and the Revolution came to town. Boari packed up and went home and Díaz went into exile.

The project was restarted again by Mexican architect Federico Mariscal in 1932, and the Palacio was completed in 1934.

Sinking continues to be an issue (as with most of Centro Mexico City) and reports indicate the theatre has sunk around four meters since 1904.

The building is not one single style. it is an amalgamation of several turn-of-the-century architectural movements, like art deco, neoclassical and art nouveau. The reason for the different styles is the change of architect mid-project. Mariscal designed the art deco interior, while Boari designed the external neoclassical/art nouveau façade.

The theatre inside is as gorgeous as the outside.

Mi primer foto tomada con una estenopeica, =)

taken from the Torre LatinoAmericana in Downtown Mexico City 2005. Tilt-shifted 2010

Double exposure studies at the Bellas Artes Museum in Sevilla, Spain.

8th August

Double exposure study at the Bellas Artes Museum in Sevilla, Spain.

Double exposure studies at the Bellas Artes Museum in Sevilla, Spain.