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About Puebla Ciudad de Puebla

    The city of Puebla is one of the most notable historic jewels of Mexico: banner of patriotism thanks to those who fought against the french invaders in the famous battle of 1862. Nevertheless the fluctuation of such a rich past goes back to a remote epoch, even before the times of Cholula’s splendor in the proximities of the actual city of Puebla.

    At the arrival of the Spanish conquerors, Cholula not only stood out as a business center, but as the worship headquarters of mythical Quetzalcoatl, an inspiration for leyends where man and god are joined together into one and into the same perspective of fantasy. The pyramid of Cholula is, believe it or not, the biggest of the world. With its 450 metres on each side, this enormous entity of rock edified by superimposed pyramids, dedicated to Chiconahui Quiáhuitl - god of rain, shows itself with magnificence as the triumph of a lost faith, and simultaneously, as an architectural achievemnet of great proportions. A journey through its ruins and alleys will allow one to observe the murals, where multiple narrations are represented or where one may find the display of symb . . .

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