The Modern Megacity · event 1 of 13

1929

Rivera begins the National Palace murals. The staircase takes six years and becomes the definitive visual account of Mexican history.

The The Modern Megacity era

  1. 1929
  2. 1934
  3. 1940
  4. 1952
  5. 1956
  6. 2 October 1968
  7. 1978
  8. 19 September 1985
  9. 1997
  10. 2000
  11. 2016
  12. 19 September 2017
  13. 2024

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