Puebla de Los Angeles:
After Oaxaca, we headed off to the superb city of Puebla de Los Angeles which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Mexico. We stayed here a couples of days to visit the city, the town of Cholula and the safari zoo (no picture will be posted). It was obviously raining all the mid-afternoon or early evening.
Puebla de Los Angeles was founded in 1531 by the Spaniards and was built on the ruins of Amerindian settlements. Half way between Mexico City and Veracruz, it became the second most important city during the colonial period. Its historic centre is classified UNESCO World Heritage Site but lots of the colonial buildings were damaged during the 1999 earthquake with some of them being restored. It is surrounded by 4 volcanoes, Popocatepelt and Iztaccihualt at the West, LaMalinche at the North and Pico de Orizaba at the East.
- The cathedral of Puebla whose top appears on the 500peso notes. Its construction started in 1575 and was totally completed by 1690. It possesses the highest towers in Mexico.
- One of the sides of the Zocalo. The plaza was surrounded by arches (except the side where there was the cathedral) where cafe and restaurants were proposing the specialities of Puebla,
- Night view of the cathedral with the main plaza in front,
- The facade of this building was made with tiles of "Talavera", a fine earthenware of colonial origin and very famous around Mexico,
- I liked the facade of this building, not very colonial but more beginning of 20th Century. Remember some streets in Paris!
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