Manuel Vicente Tolsá Sarrión was a prolific Neoclassical architect and sculptor in Spain and New Spain. He served as the first director of the Academy of San Carlos.
Portrait of Manuel Tolsá painted by Rafael Ximeno y Planes (National Museum of Art, Mexico City).
Statue of Manuel Tolsá in the square named after him, located in his hometown of Enguera, Valencia, Spain.
Bust of Manuel Tolsá (1853), by Martín Soriano
The Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
The Palace of the Marquis del Apartado is a historic residence located in Mexico City, just to the northeast of the city's Zocalo in the Historic center of Mexico City.
Manuel Tolsá
…The old palace of Buenavista (today the Museum of San Carlos). The palace of the marqués del Apartado, in front of the Templo Mayor, Mexico City (1810). This is where King Ferdinand VII would have stayed if he had arrived in Mexico. Main altar principal…
Rep. de Argentina façade of the building