3The Alcázar

The former imperial and presidential residence, with the bedrooms and salons of Maximilian, Carlota and Porfirio Díaz kept with period furniture.

In This Area

The Fall of Juan Escutia

Gabriel Flores, 1967

Main building, ceiling above the stairway to the Alcázar

The Malachite Room

Russian and French workshops, Nineteenth century

Alcázar, ground floor

Bedroom of Empress Carlota

Various European workshops, About 1864 to 1867

Alcázar, ground floor, imperial apartments

Garden of the Alcázar and the Caballero Alto

Various architects, Garden laid out 1860s; tower rebuilt in the 1870s

Roof of the Alcázar