Country Mexico Opened 1981 Town or city Mexico City Architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez | Completed 1981 Architectural style Modern architecture Construction started September 1979 | |
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Address Avenida Congreso de la Unión No. 66, Colonia El Parque, Delegación Venustiano Carranza C.P. 15960 Client President José López Portillo Similar Senate of the Republic, Metro San Lázaro, National Palace, Los Pinos, Palacio Legislativo | ||
Palacio legislativo de san l zaro majestuoso icono de m xico
The Saint Lazarus Legislative Palace (Spanish: Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro) is the main seat of the legislative power of the Mexican government, being the permanent meeting place of the Chamber of Deputies (equivalent to the House of Representatives or House of Commons), as well as the seat of the whole Congress of the Union, when the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house) convenes in conjunction with the Senate of the Republic (the upper house; UK House of Lords equivalent). Built in the late 20th century after a 1977 political reform, the complex is located in Mexico City about a mile east of the Zócalo central square, in the Venustiano Carranza borough or district, next to the Palace of Federal Justice. The complex draws its name from its location, as the Saint Lazarus Railway Station was the former occupant of the grounds where the palace was built.
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- Palacio legislativo de san l zaro majestuoso icono de m xico
- Map of Palacio Legislativo de San LC3A1zaro El Parque 15960 Ciudad de MC3A9xico CDMX Mexico
- Visita al palacio legislativo de san l zaro uami
- History architecture and restoration
- References
Map of Palacio Legislativo de San L%C3%A1zaro, El Parque, 15960 Ciudad de M%C3%A9xico, CDMX, Mexico
Visita al palacio legislativo de san l zaro uami
History, architecture and restoration
After the Mexican political reform of 1977, the number of deputies of the Chamber passed from 186 to 400, and thus, it was impossible for them to convene in the former meeting place, then known as the Legislative Palace of Donceles, which is now occupied by the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District. Thereupon, construction on a new seat of the Legislative began as a part of a plan of urban restructuring of the sector where the Saint Lazarus Station was located, on the limit of the Venustiano Carranza and Cuauhtémoc boroughs. Also on the property was built a new Palace of Federal Justice for the functions of the Judiciary branch of the government.
The project, which was promoted by former president José López Portillo, was a faction of a massive development and public works program of the government, resulting from a Mexican petroleum boom. Construction began in September 1979, following the plans of architects Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (who at the time served as Secretary of Settlement and Public Works), Jorge Campuzano, and David Suárez.
The grounds were formally inaugurated on 1 September 1981 as a part of the 5th Government Report (the equivalent of the State of the Union Address in Mexico) of López Portillo, and officially at the installation of the deputies and senators of the LI Legislature of the Congress of the Union.
The building was severely damaged after a fire in 1989, and President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari had it restored by Mexican architect Manuel De Santiago-of Bourbon González Bravo (Manuel De Santiago-de Borbón González Bravo), a renowned member of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites).