# Help identify this building, please-- **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 6, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-building-please/462393 "2008-09-06T21:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-building-please/462393/1 "2008-09-06T21:56:41Z")
My daughter bought a book at a discount place, “501 Must-Visit Cities”. It’s okay, as books of that sort go, but on of its lacks is that it doesn’t identify the places depicted on the cover. **Mrs. R** is particularly interested in knowing what one building is. I scanned the cover, and here’s a link to a picture: [![](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Unidentifiedbuilding.jpg) ](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Unidentifiedbuilding.jpg) Can any of you architecture aficionados out there tell me what that building is? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-building-please/462393/2 "2008-09-06T22:15:33Z")
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. (Edit: only done with a strong hunch that it was an opera house, and Google Images 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-building-please/462393/3 "2008-09-07T02:51:45Z")
Doggone, that was fast! Thanks!