place

Palace of the Inquisition

Baroque palaces in MexicoBuildings and structures in Mexico CityHistoric center of Mexico CityHistory museums in MexicoInquisition
Medical and health organizations based in MexicoMedical museumsMuseums in Mexico CityNew SpainScience museums in MexicoSpanish Colonial architecture in Mexico
FacadeInquisDF
FacadeInquisDF

The Palace of the Inquisition stands on the corner of República de Brasil and República de Venezuela streets in Mexico City, Mexico. As neither side of the building faces Santo Domingo Plaza, the entrance is placed at a canted corner to face the plaza. Its long association with the Inquisition, which ended during the Mexican War of Independence, made it difficult to convert to other purposes. However, it eventually became the School of Medicine for the reconstructed National University (now the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)). When UNAM moved to the Ciudad Universitaria in the 1950s, it retained ownership of this building, eventually converting the structure in what is today the Museum of Mexican Medicine.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Palace of the Inquisition (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Palace of the Inquisition
Calle República de Venezuela, Mexico City

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Website External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Palace of the InquisitionContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 19.437872222222 ° E -99.133383333333 °
placeShow on map

Address

Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina (Antiguo Palacio de la Inquisición)

Calle República de Venezuela
06020 Mexico City
Mexico
mapOpen on Google Maps

Website
pem.facmed.unam.mx

linkVisit website

linkWikiData (Q7126272)
linkOpenStreetMap (7590464)

FacadeInquisDF
FacadeInquisDF
Share experience

Nearby Places