Biblioteca de México José Vasconcelos

The Biblioteca de México José Vasconcelos is a public library in Centro, Mexico City across from the Balderas metro station.

In 1815[citation needed] it served as a political prison for the insurgent Don José María Morelos y Pavón, from where he emerged to be shot in San Cristóbal Ecatepec.

[2] During the Independence Movement, Viceroy Félix María Calleja made the necessary arrangements for the building to be designated as the General Artillery Park, officially becoming a Citadel, on October 19, 1816.

[5] In December 1987, the Ministry of Public Education ordered the reconstruction and remodeling of the building, a project that was entrusted to the architect Abraham Zabludovsky, National Art Prize winner.

The new architectural intervention was carried out by the General Directorate of Historical Heritage Sites and Monuments, under the responsibility of the architects Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta and Alejandro Sánchez.