The Palacio del Obispado,

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for Bishop's Palace, is located in

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is ancho ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With ...

state, Northeastern Mexico. It contains a museum. The Palace was constructed on the slopes of a hill, later named

Cerro del Obispado The Cerro del Obispado (Spanish for Bishopric Hill) is a famous landmark in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, named after the building constructed in the middle of the slope by the end of the 18th century. The hill is a popular recreational area tha ...

(Bishop Hill) after its principal building.

Architecture

The Bishop's Palace was built in the Spanish colonial

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. The domed tower has a carved stone facade. It is one of the city's oldest buildings, completed by the end of the 18th century.

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