It is located 8 km. west of the city of
Puebla, at an altitude of 2.146 mts. above sea level, facing the
beautiful landscape of the eternally snow-covered volcanoes Popocatepetl
and Iztaccihuatl. Its foundation goes back to 500 years A.C.
"Cholula" has been translated from the Nahuatl language as "water that
falls on the place of escape." This is related to the groups arrival in
the valley after his expulsion Toltec Tula around 1,000 of our era. Were
precisely the Toltecs who were here the largest ceremonial center of
Anahuac, Cholula turning into the "Holy City".
One of the monuments that characterizes this city is the Great Pyramid
topped by a shrine to the Virgen de los Remedios. With the conquest it
became the symbol of the overlap of the Catholic Church on the highest
pyramid of the indigenous world dedicated to the God Quetzalcoatl.
The Great Pyramid that we now see as a natural hill offers a view up the
large mass of 62 mts. formed by high adobe bricks for the steps from the
base of aprox. 400 mts. per side is considered the largest in the world
in total volume
The Pyramid
has been explored by means of tunnels have been discovered and several
overlaps constructive. As elsewhere in Mexico, each new culture that
came to a city covered above. This is how we find different
architectures in Cholula pyramid forming floors overlapping of different
styles including the Olmec and Teotihuacan.
The city also has beautiful examples of colonial architecture and the
largest square of Mexico, after the Metropolitan. Surrounding this vast
esplanade formed by the monumental Church and Convent of San Gabriel,
Church of the Third Order Chapel Royal chapels Posas, their atria and
the Library of Franciscan Friar Bernanrdino Sahún, the Parish of San
Pedro, The City Museum "Casa del Caballero eagle", and Guerrero Portal
26 Poniente 707 "B" -801 Col. Santa Maria C.P. 72080 Puebla, Pue. Mexico
