Editing Palace (section)

===Mexico===
[[File:Wikimania 2015 15.07.2015 17-00-11.JPG|thumb|right|The ''[[National Palace (Mexico)|Palacio Nacional]]'', or National Palace in [[Mexico City]], built as the residence of the [[List of viceroys of New Spain|viceroys of New Spain]] in 1563]]
The capital of [[Mexico]], [[Mexico City]], is traditionally nicknamed the "City of Palaces"; a nickname usually attributed to [[Alexander von Humboldt]] after he visited the city in the late 18th century and early 19th century, but initially coined by Charles Latrobe, an English traveler who visited Mexico City in 1834 and "got the feeling of living a dream<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nexos.com.mx/?p=24691|title=La Ciudad de los Palacios|access-date=2017-09-01|language=es-ES|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901070923/http://www.nexos.com.mx/?p=24691|archive-date=1 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>".

In Central Mexico, the [[Aztec]] emperors built many palaces in the capital of their empire, [[Tenochtitlan]] (modern-day Mexico City), some of which may still be seen. On observing the great city [[Hernán Cortés]] wrote, "There are, in all districts of this great city, many temples or palaces... They are all magnificent buildings. Amongst these temples is one, the principal one, whose great size and magnificence no human tongue could describe,... All around this wall are exquisite quarters with huge rooms and corridors. There are as many as forty towers, all of which are so high that in the case of the largest, there are fifty steps leading up to the main part of it, and the most important of these towers is higher than that of the cathedral of Seville..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/anc_city.html|title=Mexico-Tenochtitlan: Ancient City|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611101409/http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/anc_city.html|archive-date=11 June 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In the [[Yucatan]], a well-preserved [[Mayan civilization|Mayan]] palace with a unique four-storey observation tower stands at the [[Palenque]] site, from where [[Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal|Pakal]] reigned over the city-state.

The [[National Palace (Mexico)|National Palace]], or ''Palacio Nacional'', located in Mexico City's main square, the [[Plaza de la Constitución]] (El Zócalo), first built in 1563, is in the heart of the Mexican capital. In 1821, the palace was given its current name, and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government were housed in the palace; the latter two branches would eventually reside elsewhere. During the [[Second Mexican Empire]], its name was changed, for a time, to the Imperial Palace. The National Palace continues to be the official seat of the executive authority, though it is no longer the president's official residence.

Also in Mexico City is the ''Castillo de Chapultepec'', or [[Chapultepec Castle]], located in the middle of [[Chapultepec Park]], which currently houses the Mexican [[Museo Nacional de Historia|National Museum of History]]. It is the only castle, or palace, in [[North America]] that was occupied by sovereigns – Emperor [[Maximilian I of Mexico]], a member of the [[House of Habsburg]] and his consort, Empress [[Charlotte of Belgium|Carlota of Mexico]], daughter of [[Leopold I of Belgium]]. The palace features many ''objets d'art'' ranging from gifts of [[Napoleon III of France|Napoleon III]] to paintings by [[Franz Xaver Winterhalter]] and Mexican painter Santiago Rebull.