According to the official site of the Casa Rivas Mercadothe property consists of two levels and an open gallery to the front that allows access to residence by the center. The facade is quarry and is built based on thick mud partition walls, with mezzanines made with wooden beam.
On the ground floor, the architect It housed a hall, a stay, a Moorish Hall, the main room, the library and two dining rooms, one internal and another external. On the other hand, on the ground floor the architect's office and the workshop were housed.
The architecture of the house has elements of pre -Hispanic inspiration, Moorish decoration in the tiles, Victorian components on doors and windows, and decorative pieces characteristic of Art Nouveau.
Currently, the Casa Rivas Mercado works as a cultural center And it is possible to visit it.
The Angel of Independence
The monument to Independence or Angel of Independence It was inaugurated in 1910 by the president of Mexico, Porfirio Díazto commemorate the Centenary of the Independence of Mexico.
In 1900, Díaz's government appointed Antonio Rivas Mercado As in charge of the project who in turn appointed the Italian Enrique Alciati to carry out the sculptures and bas -reliefs while Roberto Gayol took care of the civil works.
With the passage of time the Angel of Independence has become One of the emblematic monuments of Mexico City.
Antonio Rivas Mercado's tomb
Antonio Rivas Mercado built his own grave in the French pantheon of piety. This pantheon was founded in the nineteenth century by Maximiliano de Habsburg and houses more than nine thousand monuments of various architectural styles.
The chapels with an interior space are protruding and an underground crypt, the oldest with stone or marble walls, and zinc lamina ceilings, wood, concrete, brick or combined with marble or stonework.
Most of the crosses, sculptures and reliefs of the monuments have great artistic quality and were made by recognized authors such as the own Antonio Rivas Mercado, Octavio Adolfo Ponzanelli, Norville and César Navari.