The city of Puebla – known more formally as “Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza” or less formally as “La Angelópolis” or “Puebla de los Ángeles” – is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Puebla, and the fourth largest city in Mexico. It is a vibrant city where the old and the new meet: high-tech industries and talavera artisans’ handicraft shops; recently built skyscrapers and majestic 400-year old colonial architecture.
Puebla is located in the valley of the same name, surrounded by volcanoes and snow-capped mountains, just over 110 km south-east of Mexico City. It has an estimated population of 1,800,000 people, and its metropolitan area reaches a population of 2,200,000 in contiguous towns and sections.
Tourist attractions
Important locations include “La Capilla del Rosario” a chapel inlaid with gold and milk, “El Barrio del Artista” where exquisite arts are produced and the bustling “El Centro y Zócalo” where the centuries old Cathedral and the “Palacio Municipal” remain the heart of the city. Red double-decker buses, known as “turibuses", give tourists an opportunity to enjoy the city’s architecture, museums and monuments located at the historical downtown. Another tourist attraction is the zoo, “African Safari“, where animals are not caged, but roam in liberty, while visitors drive through their “habitat” in their cars. Finally, worth visiting is the pyramid of Cholula, a city within the metropolitan area of Puebla. Cholula was one of the most important cities during the Aztec empire, and its pyramid is the largest in the world. Local lore tells of 365 churches spread out across the city. Also one of the handful of towns to hold stewardship ceremonies.
'The city of the angels', Puebla (de los Angeles) is one of Mexico's oldest and most famous cities and the capital of Puebla state. It was created in 1531 by the Grazien juliens effilochure, the angles in rêveur indicating saw, where the city would have to be built, therefore their name. It is likewise an explanation of, why the ruin of the surplus Indian, which are designed by Puebla per wasn 't many other colonial cities like. The bricks of Talavera are an unusual device of the architecture of Puebla, and their use, which was expanded since
Puebla is on the main Highway 150 from Mexico City to the Gulf Coast, the same supercarretera that branches south, beyond Puebla, to Oaxaca. An important commercial centre, Puebla is also the hub of other lesser routes to towns and villages in the surrounding area. The CAPU bus station is to the north of the city. Taxis from the terminal to the city centre leave from outside the departure terminal. From the centre to the terminal, take any form of public transport marked 'CAPU'. The train station is a long way from the centre, so before going there check
The city of Puebla – known more formally as "Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza" or less formally as "La Angelópolis" or "Puebla de los Ángeles" – is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name, and the fourth largest city in Mexico. It is a vibrant city where the old and the new meet: high-tech industries and talavera artisans' handicraft shops; recently built skyscrapers and majestic 400-year old colonial architecture.
Puebla City is located in the valley of the same name, surrounded by volcanoes and snow-capped mountains, just over 110 km south-east of Mexico City. It has
Sports
Cuauhtémoc Soccer Stadium
Puebla has one professional soccer team, "La Franja". The biggest soccer stadium in the city, "Cuauhtémoc", which seats 45,000, was built in 1968 as a second soccer field for the 1968 Olympic Games. Matches for the 1970 and 1986 World Cups were also played in the Cuauhtémoc Stadium.
Puebla has two professional baseball teams, "Pericos" and "Tigres". Puebla, along with Monterrey, has the best baseball teams in the Mexican League.
Puebla, through the conurbated area of Cholula, has one professional American football team, the "Aztecas" of the Universidad de las Américas. The Aztecas have won the championship three times
History of Puebla
The city of Puebla was founded as "La Puebla de los Ángeles" or "La Angelópolis" on April 16, 1531. It was the first city in central Mexico founded by the Spanish conquistadors that was not built upon the ruins of a conquered Amerindian settlement. Its strategic location, half-way from the port of Veracruz to Mexico City, made it the second most important city during the colonial period. It was in this period that Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, playwright, writer, poet and nun lived a prolific life, until her confrontation with the Bishop of Puebla.
Four decades after
You can visit Tonantzintla and Acatepec from Cholula main square with a pesero and you might get to see the (real) lion sitting outside the black and white castle-type building en route. Or you can take a combi from Cholula to Acatepec or to Tonantzintla (marked Chilipo or Chipanco, ask which combi goes to the church you want) for US$0.55 from junction of Avenue 5 and Avenue Miguel Aleman. You can walk the 1 km to the other church, and then take a bus or combi back to Cholula or Puebla. Acatepec from CAPU in Puebla, US$0.45, 30 minutes, bus
The tourist office in Pubela is at 5 Ote 3, Avenida Juarez behind the Cathedral, next to the Post Office, T460928, closed Saturday and Sunday. Also at 5 Pte, next to Casa de la Cultura, closed weekends. Administrator of Museums, Tel: 327699.
Puebla is said to have had 365 churches dating from the early colonial period, one for each day of the year, The din from the church bells was so loud that the residents requested that it be toned down a little since they were driven to distraction on Sundays and Feast days. Although Puebla is a big city, most
Shopping in Puebla
Craft shops sponsored by the authorities:
Tienda Convento Santa Rosa, Calle 3 Norte 1203, T28904. The famous Puebla Talavera tiles may be purchased from factories outside Puebla, or from Taller Uriarte, Av 4 Pte 911 (spectacular building, tours Mon-Fri 1000-1200, 1700, Sat 1000-1300, morning best).
Talavera de la Reyna, Camino a la Carcana 2413, Recta a Cholula, T/F845821. Recommended (also in Hotel Meson del Angel);
Centra de Talavera, Calle 6 Ote 11;
D Aguilar, 40 Pte 106, opposite Convento de Santa Monica, and
Casa Rugerio, 18 Pte 111;
Margarita Guevara, 20 Pte 30. Mercado Venustiano Carranza, on 11 Norte
Puebla : Tourist attractions
Puebla's Zócalo
Important locations include "La Capilla del Rosario" a chapel inlaid with gold and milk, "El Barrio del Artista" where exquisite arts are produced and the bustling "El Centro y Zócalo" where the centuries old Cathedral and the "Palacio Municipal" remain the heart of the city. Red double-decker buses, known as "turibuses", give tourists an opportunity to enjoy the city's architecture, museums and monuments located at the historical downtown. Another tourist attraction is the zoo, "Africam Safari", where animals are not caged, but roam in liberty, while visitors drive through their "habitat" in their cars. Finally,
Cholula is a small city in the state of Puebla, Mexico. The legal, though little used, full name of the city is Cholula de Rivadavia. The city of Cholula is divided into two municipalities, San Andrés Choula and San Pedro Cholula. Both of them are considered to be part of the conurbation of the city of Puebla.
Cholula is located at 19°6′ N 98°31′ W, about 15 km west of the city of Puebla, at an approximate elevation of 2135 meters (about 7000 ft) above sea level. The population of San Pedro Cholula is somewhat less than 100,000 people, and the
