Government Building sights in Mexico City
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Senado de la República
The upper house of Mexico’s federal congress, the Cámara de Senadores, meets in a building on the east side of the Museo Nacional de Arte. It’s usually in session from September to December. The Distrito Federal’s elected assembly, the Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal (ALDF), uses the old Cámara de Diputados building around the corner at Donceles and Allende. The Cámara de Diputados itself, the lower house of the federal congress, now uses the modern Palacio Legislativo on Av Congreso de la Unión, about 2km east of the Zócalo. It, too, is in session from September to December.
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Antiguo Palacio del Ayuntamiento
The two buildings on the south side of the Zócalo may look similar with their stately arcades and handsome carved window frames, but the Ayuntamiento (the one on the right) predates its twin by over 400 years. The mayor has his office there, while various city departments occupy the east building. Recently restored and opened for public viewing, the grand Salón de Cabildos, on the upper level of the Ayuntamiento, was the place where the city council traditionally convened to settle local disputes. The entry hall contains a gallery of portraits of all 62 Spanish viceroys.
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