Palacio de Lecumberri
Venustiano Carranza, Mexico
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
The Palacio de Lecumberri is a former penitentiary in the northeast of Mexico City, now home to the General National Archive (Archivo General de la Nación). Built in the Neoclassical style to a design by Lorenzo de la Hidalga, it was inaugurated by President Porfirio Díaz and served as a prison from 1900 to 1976. Popularly known as the Black Palace of Lecumberri, it was turned over to the National Archive in 1980.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- building of public administration, defunct prison
- Place
- Venustiano Carranza, Mexico
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