Centro Cultural Isidro Fabela

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rdf:langString La Casa del Risco, also known as Centro Cultural Isidro Fabela, is a museum located in front of the Plaza San Jacinto in San Angel neighborhood at southern Mexico City. The Centro was inaugurated on October 2, 1963, as a donation from Isidro Fabela and his wife, Doña Josefina de Fabela, on October 8, 1958. This historical building is destined to be a public museum of colonial art. La Casa del Risco has Vice Royal architecture and a symmetrical façade. It is distinguished by its unique color of the 18th century, it is also decorated by a cross and a niche, which represents that it is guarded by the moon and the sun. The interior shows the art collection that was kept by Isidro Fabela. The center has seven showrooms displaying Mexican works of art as much as other European pieces, from painting to sculptures. In the interior courtyard is the monumental "Fuente del Risco" from the 18th century and which author is unknown.Near "La Casa del Risco" is the library, the historical archive of the Mexican revolution, which contains Isidro's Fabela personal book collection from his post-revolution era as a politician, the photographic library and an auditorium.