The Congreso del Estado in Calle 5 Pte 128, near the post office.
Biblioteca Palafoxiana, or the library of Bishop Palafox, in the Casa de la Cultura, 5 Ote 5, opposite the Cathedral.
Tribunal Superior de Justicia, built in 1762; you may go in the courtyard.
The Plaza y Mercado El Parian is between Avenida 2 y 4 Ote and Avenida 6 y 8 Norte.
Also worth seeing are the church and monastery of El Carmen, with its strange facade and beautiful tile work.
The Teatro Principal (1550), Avenida 8 Ote y Calle 6 Norte, is possibly the oldest in the Americas although it was badly damaged by fire in 1902 and had to be rebuilt.
Academia de las Bellas Artes has a grand staircase and an exhibition of Mexican colonial painting.
The Jesuit church of La Compania on Avenida Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza y 4 Sur, has a plaque in the sacristy showing where China Poblana is said to be buried.
Aquiles Serdan at 6 Ote 206, a leader of the Revolution, preserved as it was during his lifetime. It houses the Museo de la Revolution Mexicana.
Casa de los Munecos, 2 Norte 1, corner of the main square, is famous for its caricatures in tiles of the enemies of the 18th-century builder. Inside, in the Museo Universitario, some rooms contain old physics instruments, old seismographs, cameras, telescopes, another has stuffed animals, but most rooms contain religious paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Palacio Municipal is on the north side of the Zocalo.
To the right of the entrance is the Biblioteca del Palacio (opened 1996) with some tourist information and books on the city. To the left is the Teatro de la Ciudad, opened 1995, where music and drama are performed.
The Casa del Dean, 16 de Septiembre y 7 Pte, was built in 1580.
'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
The excavated pyramid, a man-made mountain, has 8 km of tunnels and some recently discovered frescoes inside; 1 km of tunnel is open to the public, giving an idea of the layers that were superimposed to create the pyramid. The museum near the tunnel entrance has a copy of the frescoes (the originals are not open to the public). ■ 1000-1700, US$2 weekdays, free on Sun and holidays, guides charge USS6.50, recommended as there are no signs inside (some guides speak English). From the Zocalo follow Avenida Morelos and cross the railway. The 16th-century chapel of Los Remedios on top
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
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
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
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
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
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,
