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Government Palace
Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara Route Planner
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The lovely Plaza de Armas, and its gazebo where concerts are regularly held, is lined on the east by a vast Baroque building completed in the 18C. The main reason to visit the Government Palace are the frescoes it contains by the famous muralist José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949). Note theHidalgo Incendiero, El Circo Politico and Las Fuerzas Tenebrosas in the Main staircase. They are signed by the artist and rich in historical significance.

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