| La Palestina | |
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The La Palestina building on the corner of 5 de Mayo and Bolívar | |
General information | |
| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
Completed | 1903 |
La Palestina is a leather goods store at Avenida Cinco de Mayo #20, on the corner of Bolívar street in the Historic center of Mexico City. Juan Rosales Ortiz opened it in 1884 as a talabartería (saddlery) selling tack and charrería gear. It still has its gilded bronze railing with horse figures, where horses and carriages were once tied up.
The six-story building that houses the store designed by Alfredo Robles Domínguez and completed in 1903, on part of the site of the Teatro Nacional, and was the first building of that height in the city. During the Porfiriato (Porfirio Díaz dictatorship), the top floor held the editorial office of the magazine Savia Moderna. The L-shaped building that wraps around it is the work of José Luis Benlliure Galán, who gave it a façade on 5 de Mayo in keeping with La Palestina's scale and color.

The store still sells saddlery, along with backpacks, suitcases, briefcases, wallets and bags.
La Palestina ya existía desde 1884, mientras que el edificio ubicado en 5 de Mayo número 20, esquina con Bolívar, fue terminado en 1903.[La Palestina had existed since 1884, while the building at 5 de Mayo number 20, on the corner of Bolívar, was completed in 1903.]
en 1880 llegó a la capital el norteño Juan Rosales Ortiz con la idea de era crear una tienda con mercancías de piel. Lo consiguió en 1884, cuando abrió en el número 20 de la calle 5 de mayo.[in 1880 Juan Rosales Ortiz, from the north, came to the capital with the idea of opening a store selling leather goods. He did so in 1884, when he opened at number 20 on 5 de Mayo street.]
En la planta baja, el talabartero Juan R. Ortiz montó una preciosa tienda dedicada a los caballos y la charrería desde 1884. El lugar cuenta con un hermoso barandal dorado de bronce con figuras de caballos, donde se ataban los carruajes y caballos.[On the ground floor, the saddler Juan R. Ortiz set up a fine store devoted to horses and charrería in 1884. The place has a handsome gilded bronze railing with horse figures, where carriages and horses were tied up.]
El edificio se construyó a finales del siglo XIX, obra de Alfredo Robles Domínguez, en una parte del terreno donde se ubicaba el Teatro Nacional. Fue el primero de seis pisos que se construyó en la Ciudad de México; durante el Porfiriato se instaló en el último piso la redacción de la revista Savia Moderna.[The building was put up at the end of the 19th century, designed by Alfredo Robles Domínguez, on part of the site of the Teatro Nacional. It was the first six-story building in Mexico City; during the Porfiriato the editorial office of the magazine Savia Moderna was on the top floor.]
el edificio en forma de "L" que abraza al inmueble conocido como La Palestina. En ese predio de forma irregular, el arquitecto se las arregló para crear dos fachadas completamente distintas, una que armonizara en escala, elementos y cromática con La Palestina, sobre 5 de mayo[the L-shaped building that wraps around the property known as La Palestina. On that irregular lot, the architect managed to create two completely different façades, one matching La Palestina in scale, elements and color, on 5 de Mayo]
En La Palestina se siguen vendiendo objetos de talabartería, pero desde hace años también venden mochilas, maletas, portafolios, carteras y bolsos de piel y de otros materiales.[La Palestina still sells saddlery goods, but for years it has also sold backpacks, suitcases, briefcases, wallets and bags made of leather and other materials.]