The national Palace is located on Constitution square, or, as the Mexicans call it, Zocalo, and takes full its Eastern side. A government building was designed on the orders of Conquistador Hernan Cortes in 1692. Once in its place was the Palace of the Aztec Emperor Montezuma, who later became the house of cortés himself.

The modern Palace was begun in 1562 in the then fashionable Baroque style. Government building had been subjected to various attacks. So in 1624 and 1692, he was attacked by the rebels. In 1821, when Mexico gained independence, the Palace became the presidential residence.

The Palace is partially open for tourists. For example, you can visit the offices where he worked President Juarez in 1860. They are a small Museum, whose exhibits tell about the history of the Mexican Congress. The entrance here is free.

On the second floor the walls are covered with paintings of Diego Rivera, a famous artist of a socialist. He worked on the frescoes from 1929 to 1935. Significant scale and value of the work "Epic of the Mexican people their struggle for freedom and independence" represents the history of Mexico. The right wall shows the everyday life of the Mexican aborigines before the arrival of the conquerors from Spain. Left wall talks about the present and future of the country after the revolution. On the first floor wall frescoes depict the lives of Mexico before the arrival of the conquistadors and the life of the city of Tenochtitlan, the site of which today is Mexico city.

Now in the National Palace is the residence of the President and the Ministry of Finance.