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Museo Cabañas, a former orphanage, now home to the works of José Clemente Orozco
Peligro al Fondo It is one of the trendiest spots in Colonia Americana
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His painter’s palette is dominated
by shades of red, orange, blue, and
green—as clearly seen in the fifty-se-
ven frescoes of the Museo Cabañas
https://museocabanas.jalisco.gob.
mx, a former orphanage and UNES-
CO World Heritage Site since 1997,
now dedicated to showcasing Orozco’s
most iconic mural work.
The “Cool” Colonia
Americana.
Many of the houses in Colonia Ame-
ricana are built in the Art Deco style.
Notable examples include the Casa
González Luna—home of the 1952
Mexican presidential candidate—with
its half-moon arches, designed by
renowned architect Luis Barragán,
winner of the 1980 Pritzker Prize; the
Casa Farah by Rafael Urzúa; and the
Casa Blanca, once the residence of
Mario Moreno “Cantinflas”, among
many others. Today, most of these
buildings house stylish venues that
have led to Colonia Americana being
regarded as one of the coolest neigh-
bourhoods in the world.
