Paseo de la Reforma
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Paseo de la Reforma is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City. It was designed at the behest of Emperor Maximilian by Ferdinand von Rosenzweig during the era of the Second
Paseo de la Reforma as seen from Chapultepec Castle
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Ornate King Charles IV of Spain statue of the Paseo de la Reforma in the 19th century.
Another 19th century photo now showing Monument to Columbus (1877)
Chapultepec Castle
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Chapultepec Castle is located on top of Chapultepec Hill in Mexico City's Chapultepec park. The name Chapultepec is the Nahuatl word chapoltepēc which means "on the hill of the grasshopper". It is loc
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…such as the Ringstraße in Vienna and the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The planned grand avenue was to link the National Palace with the imperial residence, Chapultepec Castle, which was then on the southwestern edge of town. The project was originally named Paseo de la Emperatriz ("Promenade of the Empress") in honor of…
A view of the castle from within Chapultepec park.
Maximilian I of Mexico by Winterhalter, 1864. This portrait, along with the Empress Carlota's and others, hangs in the castle's music room.
The music room in the time of the Second Mexican Empire.
A floorplan of the castle's ground floor.