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General information
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| Mexico City, Mexico |
Program details
Live the experience of visiting the only real castle in América. The Chapultepec castle houses the most representative historical heritage of Mexico, through times like the Conquest, the Independence, the Mexican empire and the revolution. Get to know the life of the Emperor Maximilian of Hapsburg behind these rooms decorated with classic European ornaments. Travel the corridors filled with light, the marble staircase, and admire the sculptures and busts of historical figures, like the emperor Cuauhtémoc or Hernán Cortés. During the viceregal period, Chapultepec was thought to be a place for recreation and rest, so it was made, at the bottom of the hill, upon the foundations of the former residence of Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin, a palace that sheltered many viceroys and distinguished visitors during more than two centuries. However, the explosion of a powder keg in the mid XVIII that caused serious damages in the building, led to the decision to build the palace at the top of the hill, in the same spot where there was a chapel devoted to the Archangel San Miguel.After visiting the great castle of Chapultepec, we will make a stop to have lunch and then continue to the famous National Museum of Anthropology, one of the most important in Latin America, with rooms that contain the prehispanic evidence of the Mexicas, Mayas, Toltecas, and more cultures from the country, through time. Almost half a century since its construction and the National Museum of Anthropology is still the most emblematic building which contains the Mexican indigenous legacy. It stands as a symbol of identity and as a mentor of generations seeking to know their
cultural roots.
Languages
Bilingual guide English and Spanish