Quinta Gameros
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Why go
- Art Nouveau rooms furnished with pieces from the Requena Furniture Collection.
- Oil paintings and floral wood reliefs made by European artists living in Mexico City.
Interesting facts2
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Gardens border three of the mansion’s four sides.
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The first floor contains the main bedrooms, living room, dining hall and reception hall.
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History
Colombian architect Julio Corredor Latorre designed the mansion in a French style fashionable among the Francophile Científicos. The building also housed the State Supreme Court tribunal and Department of Education offices.
- 1904Manuel Gameros visited a mansion in southern France that later inspired Quinta Gameros’s design.
- 1907On 18 February, Manuel Gameros Ronquillo bought the site from Gustavo Zork. Construction began in October and ran until November 1910.
- 1910Construction was nearly complete when the Mexican Revolution began.
- 1914Francisco Villa gave the mansion to Venustiano Carranza, who used it as a residence and office.
- After 1914After Carranza left, the mansion served as a government office, barracks and military hospital.
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- 1921The government returned the mansion to the Gameros family, who lived there until September 1926.
- 1926The family sold the mansion to the state government on 9 November.
- 1954The University of Chihuahua used the mansion as its headquarters and housed its engineering, law and music schools there.
- 1958After the rector’s office left, the mansion was designated as the Regional Museum of Chihuahua.
- 1961The Regional Museum opened to the public on 22 November.
- 1968The mansion became part of the university’s assets when the University received autonomy.
- 1971Furniture from the Requena Collection was arranged for permanent display.
- September 1991The university named it the Quinta Gameros University Cultural Center.
Know before you go
- Tuesday 11:00–17:00; Wednesday–Sunday 11:00–18:00.
- Telephone: +52 614 439 1500.
Don't miss
- Requena Furniture CollectionArt Nouveau furniture is arranged for permanent display.Inside the mansion
- Tiffany stained glass windowThe ground floor combines a double staircase with a Tiffany stained glass window.Ground floor
- Cantera façadeFloral, animal and human details appear in the cantera façade.Exterior façade
- Four female statuesFour female statues stand between columns at the main entrance.Main entrance
- Fishing boys fountainA fountain showing fishing boys sits between the entrance staircases.Main entrance staircases
How to get there
- On footQuinta Gameros stands at Paseo Simon Bolivar 401, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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- Website
- uach.mx/
- Phone
- +526144391500
Questions and answers
Who commissioned Quinta Gameros?
Manuel Gameros Ronquillo commissioned the mansion.
What inspired Quinta Gameros’s design?
A mansion in southern France that Gameros visited in 1904 inspired it.
When did Quinta Gameros become a museum?
It was designated as the Regional Museum of Chihuahua in 1958 and formally opened on 22 November 1961.
When did the Requena furniture display at Quinta Gameros begin?
The collection was arranged for permanent display in 1971.
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