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The Houses of the Mayorazgo de Guerrero are buildings in Mexico City located on 16 and 18 Moneda Street, across from the Museum of Cultures, straddling Correo Mayor Street. Across the street from Museum of Cultures near Correo Mayor.〔 The two buildings are nearly twins, both with tezontle stone facades and white stone accents. The houses were founded by the family of Juan Guerrero de Luna in the 16th century, and stayed in the family all through the colonial period as a permanent grant of the Spanish Crown. The current appearance of the buildings is due to rebuilding which was realized in the late 18th century. After Independence, the two houses gradually fell out of family hands, with the main house serving various public functions and the smaller house becoming apartments and shops. ==History== The two houses were founded in the 16th century by Juan Guerrero de Luna and his wife Beatriz Gomez Davila, after receiving a grant of the land to the family by Spanish king Felipe II.〔 The land and houses would stay in the family all through the colonial period.〔 The original structures were built in the 16th century, but what remains now was a rebuilding of the houses done near the end of the 18th century〔 by architect Francisco Antonio Guerrero y Torres. The western house was the one that the family lived in, with the east house reserved to house domestic staff as well as storage. Areas here were also rented to merchants. While the two buildings look similar, the western house contains most of the distinctive features.〔 By the end of the 19th century, the eastern, or servants’ house was already converted into apartments and stores. Artist José Guadalupe Posada lived and worked in this building from the end of the 19th century until his death in 1913 after losing his former studios.〔 Living and working here allowed him to observe the daily lives of ordinary people, which was reflected in his work from this time.〔 In 1914, the main house became the site of the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico and would remain in the building for about thirty years. While the main house may have been quite large as a home, it was considered a bit small to house a school, with the only place to put a basketball court being one of the two interior patios. In 1933, Rufino Tamaño painted a fresco here, dedicated to music, especially singing, for the Conservatory.〔 The Conservatory is now located in the Polanco neighborhood.〔 In the 1980s, the main house was being used by the Dept of Prehistory of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, with the servants’ building accommodating shops and apartments.〔 The main building today belongs to the Secretariat of Public Education with the servants’ building still occupied by tenants and merchants.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Houses of the Mayorazgo de Guerrero」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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