Monterrey: Architectural Guide/Gua de arquitectura
By (Author) Carsten Krohn
By (author) Celia Esther Arredondo Zambrano
By (author) Arredondo Zambrano
DOM Publishers
DOM Publishers
4th September 2018
Bilingual edition
Germany
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
History of architecture
History of art
Architectural structure and design
720.972
Paperback
160
Width 134mm, Height 245mm
Monterrey means mountain king, a name befitting its location surrounded by the Sierra Madre in north-eastern Mexico. It was founded in 1596 near the natural springs of Santa Lucia, a luscious oasis in an otherwise arid landscape. Its colonial beginnings are still visible in the architecture of the Barrio Antiguo district in the city centre. In the