Mexico City - Part II - Art and Architecture on Ash Wednesday

A day of architecture and murals. After taking in the Zocalo, we hit the National Palace to see the Diego Rivera murals, then the Education Building to see more Rivera murals; the Bellas Artes building, the Post Office, the Diego Rivera Museum, the Alameda, the Monument to the Revolution, and a few churches - it was Ash Wednesday.

It's hard to get a good photo showing the vastness of the Zocalo - here's a video shot during the flag lowering ceremony.


Charging stations for electric taxis just off the Zocalo.


One panel of Rivera's The Epic of the Mexican People mural at the National Palace.


Tourists taking in another Rivera mural on the 2nd floor of the National Palace.


Some Rivera murals at the Public Education building.








The Main Post Office (Correo Mayor).



The Art Deco National Lottery Building - Architect: Jose Cuevas - 1930's.


A few shots of and from the Art Deco Monument to the Revolution - Architect: Carlos Obregón Santacilia.






Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park by Diego Rivera.


Edificio La Nacional with the Seguros Latino America building looming behind.


Bellas Artes.


And finally, folks strolling on Madero after Ash Wednesday services.