Retablo de los Reyes (Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral)

Its iconography features royal saints and the Adoration of the Magi, whose visitors to Christ are traditionally described as kings. The monumental retablo occupies the cathedral's apse behind the main liturgical space.

The Spanish architect and sculptor Jerónimo de Balbás designed it in the eighteenth century. His work helped establish the elaborate estipite form of Baroque decoration in New Spain.

Many are estipites, inverted, tapering pilaster-like forms built from stacked geometric sections. Combined with gilding, sculpture, and paintings, they create the densely layered surface associated with Mexican Churrigueresque design.

Yes, it stands prominently in the cathedral's apse and rises high behind the principal interior space. Access and visibility can vary during services, conservation work, or cathedral events.