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The Palacio del Obispado,
The Palacio del Obispado, Spanish
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for Bishop's Palace, is located in Monterrey, Nuevo León 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 colonialBaroque style
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
. 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.
See also
*Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey
The Archdiocese of Monterrey ( la, Archidioecesis Monterreyensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
The Archdiocese of Monterrey is a metropolis (religious ...
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