Among them, I began and ended my stay in Puebla at the Catedral de Puebla. The ubiquitous gold and silver of this chapel are blinding and, as Els describes it, make taking impressive and representative photographs an impossible task. I also visited the Biblioteca Palafoxiana, the oldest public library in the Americas. Its shelves are filled with historical books and antique accessories and furniture are on display.
However, the real charm of the city lies in the many colourful buildings, covered with richly decorated tiles and adorned with cornices and crowns of white mortar.
However, it would be a mistake to confine ourselves to these. You have to take random streets in Puebla, each of which contains small pearls of colourful or carefully decorated houses. For its part, the Paseo San Francisco Park is a remarkable example of the revaluation and greening of an industrial urban space. Cholula is also easy to reach by public transports. It would be a mistake not to enjoy the local gastronomy of Puebla, especially chiles en nogada and mole poblano.
I couldn't see the red glow of the lava, but an impressive ash cloud was rising above the volcano, adding to the extraordinary images I keep of this city. Grid system of roads, arcaded squares, baroque buildings and ornate Catholic Churches, it felt so familiar, but where from? I rather liked it here; it felt different to other cities in central Mexico. There was a rather nice and somewhat laid back atmosphere perfect for an evening paseo and a slow breakfast on a terrace overlooking the zocalo.
The undoubted highlight was the Marian chapel of the church of Santo Domingo. The other reason to visit Puebla is the magnificent food. The famous mole pueblano we tried was excellent, although another local treat proved to be even better, tinga poblana. Also if you have more of a sweet tooth it is really worth exploring Av. My flight from Cancun landed in Mexico City airport around 5 AM, after checked in at the nearby airport hotel, I decided to go to Puebla immediately because it was so convenient to travel from airport to Puebla by frequent direct bus, one of many reasons why I decided to stay in airport hotel during my time in this big city.
I comfortably sat on the bus with compliment drinks and snacks as well as Mexican drama on TV. The first place I visited was the famous Santo Domingo Church, at the church front yard, there was a market and fair going on, the tent obscured my view of the church, but fortunately that the entrance was still clear for me to see the beautiful white stucco on the right side of the entrance.
When I entered into the church, I was already happy to see its beautiful golden altars, but when I turned left and saw the Rosary Chapel, I was so shock to see such an unbelievable and so ornate place.
Gold is almost everywhere, the art is very beautiful as a prime example of New Spanish Baroque. Then I walked around the town, seeing market, Puebla is a very prosperous city, and looks very Spanish than I thought by its many nice decorated buildings almost every corner.
The Cathedral of Puebla is another great place to see. Its wooden doors, altar and ceiling are just masterpieces that equally impressive with many great cathedral in Europe.
Before I ended my time in Puebla, it is a must to find nice restaurant to try the famous Mole Publano, and I found one near Cathedral recommended by many gourmet website. I ate stuffed omelette with Mole Publano, and it was so good that I felt that all Mole Publano I tried before was simply bad. I really enjoyed my time in Puebla, the city has so many cultural heritages to see, taste and explore.
Another thing I like of Puebla, they cleverly designed car park buildings to be in the middle of old colonial centre harmoniously and that can solve car parking problem which is the problem I saw in every old town in Mexico. USA - Mar -. Puebla in my view is not only a beautiful city full of history and great architecture. Puebla has simply the greatest cuisine in America, no other city in Mexico or other country in this continent has the variety of superb dishes that Puebla has, no doubt, Puebla also has some the most valuable cooks in USA.
With a population of c1. As a result I was somewhat doubtful both whether it would have preserved much worth seeing and whether it could really offer anything new.
On both counts I was pleasantly surprised. The compact central area 50 blocks or so is well preserved and conveys a distinctive impression which sets it apart from other Mexican cities. Nowhere before have I ever seen so much decoration so tightly fitted in to such a large area as the walls and ceiling of this chapel photo 2. In my view this building alone justified our visit to Puebla! Luckily we had excellent views 2 days later from the rather closer town of Amecameca!
United States -. Folkloric dancers. Portions of El Mural de los Poblanos , in the restaurant of the same name. Street murals. The so-called Calle de los Dulces actual name: 6 Oriente holds numerous shops selling sweets and candies made from milk, marzipan, fruits, and sweet potatoes.
The recipes were developed in the 18th century by Carmelite nuns of the Convent of Santa Clara located in this same street. Atlixco :. It lies at the foot of Cerro de San Miguel, a conical hill standing in the middle of a large plain. Right: portal of Capilla de la Tercera Orden at the foot of the hill. Other views of ex- Convento de San Francisco.
View over Atlixco from Cerro de San Miguel. The city of Cholula, located 15km west of Puebla, is now virtually one of its suburbs. It was one of the rare places to resist the takeover of the Puebla area by Cortes, an act that led to the Massacre of Cholula on October 12, It holds the largest pyramid in Mexico and perhaps in the world , Piramide Tepanapa , which now looks more like a hill than an actual pyramid. Parroquia de San Pedro 17thth centuries on the northern side of the Zocalo.
It was badly damaged by the earthquake of September 19, Main church of the ex- Convento de San Gabriel. The Santuario de Nuestra Senora de los Remedios erected on top of Piramide Tepanapa is visible at the bottom-right of the first photo below.
It was not accessible due to damages caused by the earthquake of September Some of the 49 domes of the Moorish-style Capilla Real 16th century , which is also part of the ex- Convento de San Gabriel. Murals in Cholula. Erupting Popocatepetl, seen from Cholula. Acatepec :. The village of Acatepec , located a short distance from Cholula, hosts a small spectacular church, Templo San Francisco 18th century. Construction was completed in The chapel is covered from top to bottom in gold leaf, tiles, and woodwork.
Artesania and Folk Art Puebla is famous for distinctive crafts, including Talavera pottery and tiles. Talavera is quite expensive, with each piece being unique.
Original pieces are signed at the base and identify the workshop. When Spain established this outpost in artisans from Talavera de la Reina were encouraged to settle in Puebla City. Ceramics were needed to adorn churches. Today the crafts range from tiles to monumental vases. Sink basins and even toilets can be made from talavera. There are about a dozen certified workshops in and near Puebla City. One example is the Uriarte Talavera factory.
It is an entire house built of tiles.
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