The Government Palace of the state of Tlaxcala was built in 1545; It was the residence of Luis de Moscoso, Corregidor of the Province of Tlaxcala. The original building, has been identified as a sa...
The Government Palace of the state of Tlaxcala was built in 1545; It was the residence of Luis de Moscoso, Corregidor of the Province of Tlaxcala. The original building, has been identified as a sample of Portuguese Mudejar, suffered significant damage in the 1711 earthquake and had to be rebuilt. Inside, the ground floor has lowered arches, on columns both in carved stone; the walls of the arcade and the staircase are covered with fresco murals by the Tlaxcala painter Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin, which represent fundamental scenes of Tlaxcalteca history. It was the house of Hernán Cortés, its construction began in 1545 and has housed the Mayor's Office , the Alhóndiga and the Royal Houses.
Constant interventions have resulted in the Tlaxcalans feeling proud to show it off, to their own and strangers.
Details of its construction are lost in the mists of time, however it is established that it was undertaken by the oidor Santillán, it has always been the place where power, government and the site from where the progress of Tlaxcala has been forged. .
When Hernán Cortés glimpsed what was the city of Tlaxcallan, he was impressed by the whiteness of his buildings, he decided to establish his apartments in the nascent city of Tlaxcala, it was the year 1520.