Guadalajara - Government Palace

(Local Name: Palacio de Gobierno) In the finest of the four squares, the Plaza de Armas, stands the Government Palace (Palacio de Gobierno, 1643-1774), a splendid Baroque building with columns with zigzag ornamentation, large volutes and Churrigueresque "estípites" (pilasters). On the staircase and in one of the council chambers can be seen murals depicting Hidalgo in the War of Independence 1936-39, and heroes of the three great Mexican wars, 1948-49, by the famous fresco-painter José Clemente Orozco, a native of Jalisco.