Adamo Boari and Federico Mariscal designed Mexico’s Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, completed in 1934. Italian architect Boari was not able to complete the project, and Mexican native Mariscal took it over. As a result, Boari’s Art Nouveau exterior is curiously combined with an Art Deco interior. Depictions of Apollo muses are mixed with regional Art Deco art. Much of this detailing is Native American, as the building was built over a significant Aztec sacrificial site.
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