Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza Trip Overview
If in Novohispano art is shown in all its splendor, in Cholula deep prehispanic airs are breathed. The city was built on the foundations of a large indigenous city.
The pre-Hispanic Cholula was a large metropolis inhabited for thousands of years. Hernán Cortés thought, seeing the amount of teocalis he imagined that one could pray in a different temple every day of the year. Temples were built on these indigenous shrines; and today Cholula has 37 churches, something surprising for a city of its size.
Because Cholula is art and the Tlacuilo – the scribe, the indigenous painter – is the author of masterpieces, such as the extraordinary Mural of the drinkers and the creative explosion of Santa María Tonantzintla
Visit the majestic San Francisco Acatepec Temple and admire the incredible facade with Talavera pieces as well as the factories that continue to produce authentic works of art with the traditional process.
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Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico
If in Novohispano art is shown in all its splendor, in Cholula deep prehispanic airs are breathed. The city was built on the foundations of a large indigenous city.
The pre-Hispanic Cholula was a large metropolis inhabited for thousands of years. Hernán Cortés thought, seeing the amount of teocalis he imagined that one could pray in a different temple every day of the year. Temples were built on these indigenous shrines; and today Cholula has 37 churches, something surprising for a city of its size.
Because Cholula is art and the Tlacuilo – the scribe, the indigenous painter – is the author of masterpieces, such as the extraordinary Mural of the drinkers and the creative explosion of Santa María Tonantzintla
Visit the majestic San Francisco Acatepec Temple and admire the incredible facade with Talavera pieces as well as the factories that continue to produce authentic works of art with the traditional process.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Great Pyramid of Cholula, Calle 11 Nte. 1005, San Pedro Cholula 72760 Mexico
We will visit the archaeological zone of Cholula which is the largest in the world (come and discover why). We will discover the interior of the pyramid through its tunnels to reach the outside and see its construction.
It is the only pyramid in the world that has a church built on top of the pyramid where you can climb and admire the volcanoes and observe the domes of their churches that tells the legend that there is one for each day of the year.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Santa Maria Tonantzintla, Santa Maria Tonantzintla, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast
A church that shows the indigenous baroque of the region.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Templo San Francisco Acatepec, Amozoc, La Purisima San Francisco Acatepec, San Pedro Cholula 72875 Mexico
A beautiful church to admire the facade that is covered with talavera.
Duration: 15 minutes
