Being the First time Mexico participated in an international exhibition, Ibarrola faced the absence of founding In our country to perform the iron structure. However, Andrew Carnegie, Owner of the first Great Acerera of Pittsburgh, offered to help Ibarrola to specify the design.
Once the structure was a reality, this She was transferred to Chicago and from there to the San Luis Missouri fair, and then be installed in the Central Alameda of Mexico City.
Thus, the Moorish Kiosk was Draws of the National Lottery and Film Functions. However, when Porfirio Díaz ordered Juárez to erect In that same place, the kiosk was transferred to the neighborhood of Santa María la Ribera and reopened in September 1910 with an official ceremony and a public dance.
Why is it called Morisco Kiosk?
He Morisco kiosk receives his name thanks to the clear Arab influence of its design: arches, columns, details on the walls and dome, all belonging to the Mudejar architecture. Since the Moors were the Arabs who settled in the Iberian Peninsula, It was rumored that this kiosk had been donated To Mexico for an Arab sheikh.
Thus, the Moorish Kiosk conforms to Patterns that cover the entire structure, sustained by 44 external pillars and 8 inmates. In addition, its spectacular dome is crowned by a bronze eagle that devours a snake, Mexican national symbol.
Thanks to its beauty, in 1972 The Moorish Kiosk was declared an artistic monument of the Nation by the National Institute of Anthropology and History And in 2003, he underwent a restoration to return it to its original splendor.