The Hotel Casino de la Selva (Jungle Casino Hotel) was a hotel and casino located in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico. The main building was opened in 1931 as a hotel and casino, but from 1934 it was used only as a hotel.Additions in the late 1950s included buildings designed by the architect Félix Candela that were roofed by reinforced concrete paraboloid shells.The interior was decorated with murals by well-known Mexican and Spanish artists.After the 1970s the hotel went into decline, and in 1994 was sold to a hotel chain that failed to pay taxes on the property.It was seized by the Mexican government and was auctioned off in 2001 as a site for construction of a discount store and a hypermarket.After demolition had begun there was a public outcry, and eventually some parts of the murals w