The Government Palace

In the finest of Guadalajara's four principle squares, the Plaza de Armas, stands the Government Palace Palacio de Gobierno.

Begun in 1643 and just finished in 1774, this stunning Baroque working with its numerous segments with their crisscross ornamentation, expansive volutes, and Churrigueresque pilasters estípites is definitely justified even despite a visit.

Outstanding inside features incorporate its fine old staircase and, in one of the board chambers, ious wall paintings delineating the War of Independence, alongside the legends of the three Mexican wars painted by popular fresco-painter José Clemente Orozco, a local of the territory of Jalisco.