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Picture of the day
Chapultepec Castle, 1830s
A ca. 1847 hand-tinted lithograph by Nathaniel Currier of the Heroic Military Academy, sited in Chapultepec Castle, a castle in Mexico City, Mexico. The castle is depicted in its state following the Battle of Chapultepec in the Mexican–American War, during which it was captured by the United States (as seen by the flag). It is now home to the Museo Nacional de Historia.Restoration: Lise Broer