2911 x 4367 px | 24,6 x 37 cm | 9,7 x 14,6 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
1 avril 2013
Lieu:
former department store Centro Historico historic center district city of Puebla Puebla State Mexico
Informations supplémentaires:
Porfirian Architecture in Puebla During his presidency (1876-1880 and 1884-1911) President Porfirio Díaz — who’d made his name as a general in the Battle of Puebla in 1862 — held Puebla and other cities up as examples of what he envisioned Mexico to be: a modern country on par with first-world nations like France, Great Britain, and the United States. Díaz improved the country’s railroads and telegraphs and commissioned statues and buildings. The latter blended various styles to create an aesthetic so distinct that is has its own name, arquitectura porfirista, or Porfirian architecture. Many of the public and private buildings constructed during this period took cues from European architecture, particularly the Art Nouveau and Neoclassical Belle Epoque movements in France. One of the most representative building of this time is the Edificio de la Ciudad de México. Its iron frame differs so greatly from those typical of Puebla that it inevitably catches the eye of passersby: Rather than brick and ceramic tile, it features metal, stone, and glass. The building could easily belong on a Parisian street. In fact the ironwork was fabricated in France by the firm Schwartz & Meurer, with the intention of emulating the design of La Samaritaine, a popular department store in Paris. Since its inauguration in 1910 as an upscale department store called La Ciudad de México, the building has served as a symbol of modernism in Puebla.
