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Enjoy this pleasant walking tour at the Historic District of Mexico City where you will appreciate different murals from 1920s to 1940s.

Highlights

• Admire paintings on walls that show the ideologies of Mexico in early 1920s-30s
• Appreciate some of the most famous paintings of the great Mexican muralists
• Discover why and how the Muralistic project developed in Mexico in 1920s
• Discover the main history and culture of Mesoamerica through its art.

Description

Explore at the Fine Arts Palace 'Bellas Artes' some murals from the three main Mexican Muralists: Rivera, Siqueiros and Orozco. Learn from some other artists like Tamayo, González Camarena and Rodríguez Lozano. Be transported to the Second World War times and appreciate this mural placed in a former colonial palace that expresses the grief of the Holocaust. Take a break from walking and the sun, while enjoying a cup of coffee and appreciating a lovely view of the Historic District from a rooftop. Experience some 1930s murals created by different Mexican and foreigner artists kept inside a market, as part of the Muralistic Project to give culture and education to the people. Get immerse in some of the most amazing Diego Rivera murals that describe the different labors and festivities of the whole country, made in the 1920s. OR Go back in time to the Post-Revolutinary Mexico and visit a former high school where Orozco will criticize in murals the social classes of Mexico in the 1920s.

Includes

A walking tour with an expert guide with a graduate academic degree (Art Historian, Historian, or Architect). In large groups, headsets will be provided to hear the tour guide. Museum tickets.

Important Information

• This tour will take place rain or shine.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund