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<\/a>The late 19th century saw Porfirio D\u00edaz consolidate power, and a flowering of European and Neo-Indigenist architecture<\/strong><\/a>. The period is known today as “the Porfiriato.”<\/p>\n 1872 1878 1888 1894<\/strong> 1900 1901 1903 1904 1904 – 1911 1910<\/strong> 1910<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Porfirio D\u00edaz Period (1876 – 1911) The late 19th century saw Porfirio D\u00edaz consolidate power, and a flowering of European and Neo-Indigenist architecture. The period is known today as “the Porfiriato.” 1872 President benito Ju\u00e1rez dies of a heart attack on 18 July. He was succeeded by the head of the Supreme Court, Sebasti\u00e1n […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14453"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15233,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14453\/revisions\/15233"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>President benito Ju\u00e1rez dies of a heart attack on 18 July. He was succeeded by the head of the Supreme Court, Sebasti\u00e1n Lerdo de Tejada, the head of the Supreme Court. Porfirio D\u00edaz was amnestied for his rebellion by Lerdo in November 1872. D\u00edaz later rebelled against Lerdo in 1876. Although D\u00edaz was a rival of Ju\u00e1rez during his life, after D\u00edaz seized power he helped shape the historical memory of Ju\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Service begins from the San L\u00e1zaro Railway Station to points in Puebla and Veracruz. Rail service continued through the late 1970s when the station was demolished. It’s remembered today only in the San L<\/a>\u00e1<\/a>zaro Metro station<\/a><\/strong> and the San L\u00e1zaro Legislative Palace<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Construction begins on the notorious Lecumberri Palace Prison<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0complex which opened as a prison, primarily for Porfirio Diaz’s political enemies. Architect and designer, Miguel S. Macedo would be imprisoned there himself during the Mexican Revolution.<\/p>\n
\nConstruction is completed on the original Cuatro Caminos Bullring<\/strong>, named for the four roads connecting Azcapotzalco, Chapultepec, Naucalpan, and far to the east, Tenochtitlan. The same root-words in Nahuatl give us the name for Naucalpan. Made of wood and with a capacity for 30,000 people, the bullring would be replaced in 1947 with the a steel dome. Bullfights were held here regularly until 1968, and then intermittently until 1996. Today, the Cuatro Caminos Metro Station<\/strong><\/a> is still sometimes referred to as “Toreo.” It’s symbol is the 1947 steel dome.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> Construction begins on the Angel de la Independencia monument<\/a><\/strong>. The work is completed some ten years later in time for the centennial of the country\u2019s independence. On November 20, Porfirio D\u00edaz cuts the ribbon at the opening of the Mercado de Paz<\/a> <\/strong>in the Zona Centro of Tlalpan.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>On November 18, police arrest 41 male attendees at a dance near the avenue, San Juan de Letran (today’s Eje Central<\/strong><\/a>). Some had been dressed as women, and it’s likely a 42nd was a nephew of President Porfirio D\u00edaz. He only barely escaped arrest. The modern LGBTTIQ movement in the city still traces its history to this event.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> California immigrants Walter and Frank Sanborn opened Mexico’s first soda fountain and lunch counter across from the Palacio de Correos<\/strong><\/a>. This first Sanborns location is still in operation, but the chain acquired its more famous branch, two blocks south at La Casa de los Azulejos<\/strong><\/a>, in 1919.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Porfirio D\u00edaz lays the first stone of the Palacio de Bellas Artes<\/strong><\/a>. The building would not be finished until 1934.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> Architect Silvio Contri begins work on what is today the Neoclassical and Renaissance style National Museum of Art (MUNAL)<\/strong><\/a>. It was built to house the Secretariat of Communications and Public Works.<\/p>\n
\nWork begins on a new Federal Legislative Palace, planned since 1897. The project wouldn\u2019t be completed until 1938, by which time it was converted into the Monument to the Revolution<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nPorfirio D\u00edaz officially opens Avenida Centenario<\/strong>, which still runs from Tacuba<\/strong><\/a> north to the Azcapotzalco<\/strong><\/a> alcaldia administrative building. It was the first street to feature asphalt and electric lighting in its street lamps.<\/p>\nIndependent Mexico<\/a> |\u00a0\u00a0The Mexican Revolution<\/a><\/h3>\n