LOCATION FILE
Palacio de Lecumberri
FOLLOWMexico City, CMX
DIRECTIONS →OVERVIEW
A panopticon-plan penitentiary in northeast Mexico City inaugurated by Porfirio Díaz in 1900, designed so a single guard could observe every wing. It operated until 1976 and gained a reputation as the most inhumane prison in the country; the building was handed to the Archivo General de la Nación in 1980, with cells converted to record stacks and corridors to reading rooms.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Archive staff and visitors report cries and sounds of distress from the old cell wings. The best-known story is that of Jacinto, said to have been wrongly imprisoned and to have died there in the mid-twentieth century awaiting a visit from his wife Amelia.
VISITING
Open to the public as the Archivo General de la Nación, with guided building tours.
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EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Curated references and articles coming soon.
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