The Hotel Casino de la Selva was a hotel and casino located in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico.
The main building was opened in 1931 as a hotel and casino, but from 1934 it was used only as a hotel.
Additions in the late 1950s included buildings designed by the architect Félix Candela that were roofed by reinforced concrete paraboloid shells.
The interior was decorated with murals by well-known Mexican and Spanish artists.
After the 1970s the hotel went into decline, and in 1994 was sold to a hotel chain that failed to pay taxes on the property.
It was seized by the Mexican government and was auctioned off in 2001 as a site for construction of a discount store and a hypermarket.
After demolition had begun there was a public outcry, and eventually some parts of the murals were preserved.
Hotel entrance
Detail of sculpture of Manuel Suárez at Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City
Dining room in front of the auditorium
Fragment of the mural "La Hispanidad" by Josep Renau
Cuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcaltzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerican civilization. Olmec works of art, currently displayed in the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City were found in the Gualupita III archeological site.
From top, left to right: Train bridge in the Chapultepec Ecological Park, Kiosk in Jardín Juárez, Chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Inner courtyard of the Robert Brady Museum, Restaurant Alondra (Historic Center), El Castillito, Side facade of the entrance to Villa Cuauhnáhuac, Chapitel del Calvario, View of the dome of the Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, General Carlos Pacheco Villalobos Monument, Borda Garden, Tower of the Robert Brady Museum
Flora in the Jardín Borda
Highway in the newer area of the city
Ruins at Teopanzolco, Cuernavaca