Puebla
It is a city located in the central highlands of Mexico, guarded by the Popocatépeti and Iztaccihuatl volcanoes. Founded on April 16, 1531 as “Puebla de los Ángeles”, it is strategically located between Mexico City and the port of Veracruz. It houses some of the most important examples of civil and colonial architecture, spanning periods from the Renaissance to the neoclassical baroque. Its Historic Center has a lot of Spanish, French and Baroque colonial architecture, which is why it was considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Various styles and techniques such as baroque, Renaissance and classical architecture are represented here in more than 5,000 buildings, making Puebla the second city with the most historical buildings and monuments in Latin America only after Cuzco (Peru). It is culturally and artistically recognized as it has more than 70 museums.
There are many places that deserve a visit in Puebla, we highlight:
- Cathedral of Puebla:It took 300 years to complete, partly due to interruptions in its construction, which began in 1575. It was consecrated in 1649, the north tower was added in 1678 and the south tower in 1768. With its enclosure in 1772, the work on the cathedral was completed and it was completed. It is shaped like a Latin cross and consists of 5 naves. Its main altar is octagonal.
- International Baroque Museum: It is a museum of baroque art designed by the Japanese architect Toyo Ito, built on a land of 18,000 square meters and inaugurated on February 4, 2016. The original project was dedicated to the conservation, research and dissemination of the various manifestations of baroque sensitivity in its artistic, cultural, social, scientific and technological aspects. On October 26, 2019, it was reopened with an exhibition by Mexican artist Mauro Terán. Its most striking feature is its architecture, made up of curvilinear forms where light and shadow are played with, generating movement in the building.
- Amparo Museum: It is a private institution founded in memory of Amparo Rugarcía de Espinosa in 1991 through the Amparo Foundation, with the commitment to preserve, research, exhibit and disseminate pre-Hispanic, viceregal, modern and contemporary art of Mexico. It is considered one of the most important cultural and exhibition centers in Mexico. Its main objective is to be one of the most important museums at a national and international level in terms of exhibition, research and dissemination of pre-Hispanic, viceregal, modern and contemporary art, energizing the culture of the region through close work with other cultural institutions in Mexico. and of the world.
- Palafoxiana Library: It reflects the heritage and intellectual tradition of Western knowledge in American lands, preserving the distribution, order and classification of its collection, as and as it was arranged more than 200 years ago. In 1981 it was declared a Historical Monument of Mexico and in 2005 it received recognition from UNESCO as Memory of the World. The library's collection amounts to more than 45,000 volumes. It is the oldest library in America; It preserves its original furniture and collection.