Monterrey: Architectural Guide/Guía de Arquitectura

ISBN-13: 9783869226200 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 160 str.

Carsten Krohn; Celia Esther Arredondo Zambrano

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Architectural Guide. Monterrey means mountain king, a name befitting its location surrounded by the Sierra Madre in north-eastern Mexico. It was founded in 1596 near the natural springs of Santa Lucia, a luscious oasis in an otherwise arid landscape. Its colonial beginnings are still visible in the architecture of the Barrio Antiguo district in the city centre. In the late 19th century, industrial development transformed the modest town into a flourishing, modern city. Its foundries and breweries reflect its industry, while its skyscrapers, universities, churches, and monuments designed by celebrated Mexican modernist architects like Mario Pani,