Legendary institution
UNAM was for 50 years in buildings in the historic center of Mexico City, in 1956 it moved to the south of the city, in a beautiful part of Pedregal de San Angel, to new buildings and thus began an important new stage in its national history. The construction project included major Mexican architects like Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral, and from the beginning it was planned to continue the country muralist tradition and to capture on its walls the nation's feelings. Thus arose the relief of Juan O'Gorman on the low walls of the Central Library, Diego Rivera's unfinished mural at the Olympic Stadium and large murals in various techniques of David Alfaro Siqueiros on the Rectory, Joseph Chavez Morado on the auditorium of the Faculty of Sciences and others.
