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Mexico City, Mexico. The Casa de los Azulejos ("House of Tiles") or Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba (Palace of the Counts of Valley of Orizaba) is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Mexico City, built by the Count of the Valle de Orizaba family. The building is distinguished by its facade, which is covered on three sides by blue and ...
Mar 19, 2019 · Discover La Casa de los Azulejos in Mexico City, Mexico: Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.
The Casa de los Azulejos, literally the "House of the Tiles" is one of Mexico City's most dramatic and beautiful 18th-century residential palaces. And most fortunately, as it has been inhabited by Sanborns restaurant and department store since 1919, it's also open to the public.
La Casa de los Azulejos o palacio de los condes del Valle de Orizaba, como también se le conoce, es un palacio ubicado en el centro histórico de la Ciudad de México, más precisamente entre las actuales calles de peatonal de Madero y la calle Cinco de Mayo.
La Casa de los Azulejos o la Casa del Conde del Valle de Orizaba, es uno de los edificios más emblemáticos del centro de la Ciudad de México. En tiempos prepandemia recibía a cientos de visitantes cada día, quienes no perdían oportunidad de tomarse una fotografía o de comer en su famoso restaurante.
Casa de los Azulejos. Past the pedestrian corridor Gante stands the amazing Casa de los Azulejos. Dating from 1596, it was built for the Condes (Counts) del Valle de Orizaba. Most of the tiles that adorn the outside walls were produced in China and shipped to Mexico on the Manila naos (Spanish galleons).
Mexico City is vibrant, vast and very important. Not just in terms of the space it occupies and the stone and brick from it’s made from, but Mexico City greeted more than 30 million visitors last year. That’s more than it’s entire metro-population (though not by much). Let’s look at why they came.
