Feb 6- 25 Mexico
Wed Feb 5
Island Link – Departure Bay Ferry – Bus 257 – Canada Line – YVR
Flight
5/2 YVR-MEX AeroMexico @23:25-07:00+1
Day 2 Thur Feb 6
Buy Telcel data, meet Maryanne, bus to Puebla
MEXICO – CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (Puebla, Tlaxcala)
HISTORIC CENTRE of PUEBLA WHS
A polygon of 8.5 km at the foot of the Popocatépetl volcano and founded in 1531. New Spain colonial architecture – a harmonious combination of bricks, tiles and artistic reliefs in white mortar on their façades. Several of the older buildings were severely damaged after the 1999 earthquake.
The most impressive is the Puebla Cathedral , built in a neoclassical style. The Capilla del Rosario, in the church of Santo Domingo, is an example of the dramatic Mexican baroque . Other important places are El Barrio del Artista , where local arts are produced, and the Centro and the Zócalo, where the Puebla Cathedral and the Municipal Palace are located.
Monument Zone consists of 391 blocks with 2,619 buildings of historical value built between the 16th and 19th centuries, of which 61 were, at some time, used for religious worship. 57.3% are made up of offices and residences dating back to the 19th century; buildings from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries represent 1.1%, 23.4% and 18.2% respectively.
Among them are the convent complexes of San Francisco, Santo Domingo, San Agustín, El Carmen, Santa Bárbara, San Antonio and the Company of Jesus , the convents of the Nuns of Santa Teresa, Santa Clara, La Santísima Trinidad, Santa Rosa, Santa Inés and Santa Mónica, the temples of Guadalupe, San Pablo, San José, San Marcos, Santo Ángel de Analco, de la Luz and de la Santa Cruz.
71 had educational, welfare, civil, military authorities, and hospitals of San Pedro, Belén, San Roque, San Juan de Letrán, San José, the Colleges of San Ildefonso and San Jerónimo, the Normal School for Teachers, the State Conservatory, the railway stations, the Penitentiary, the San Juan de Dios Prison, the Victoria Market and the Forts of Loreto and Guadalupe.
The remaining 2,487 buildings are privately owned and combine Mudejar influence with Renaissance. Baroque facades of buildings and ornamental details define a true regional style.
List of the most representative religious and civil buildings of the different historical stages of viceregal architecture, of independent Mexico and prior to the Mexican Revolution that belong to the Historic Center of Puebla:
Civil buildings
- House of the little heads
- House of the one who killed the animal
- Former Convent of the Immaculate Conception (Hotel Camino Real)
- Prophetic House of Reading
- House of the Breadcrumb
Public buildings
- Palafoxiana Library
- Aguayo House
- Yellow House (Puebla)
- House of the Vaults
- House of Cannons, Arronte Building
- House of the Marquis
- Presno House (Puebla)
- Carolino Building
- Puebla State Congress Building
- Victory Market
- Alfeñique House
- Dean’s House
- Jose Luis Bello and Zetina Museum
- Amparo Museum
- Museum of Religious Art of the Former Convent of Santa Monica
- San Pedro Museum of Art(formerly the Royal Hospital of San Pedro )
- Museum of the Mexican Revolution, House of Aquiles Serdán
- National Museum of Mexican Railways
- House of the Dolls
- City Hall
- Patio of the Tiles, former House of Exercises
- Principal Theatre
Religious buildings - Basilica Cathedral of Puebla
- Chapel of the Rosary
- Chapel of San Ildefonso
- Chapel of the Metropolitan Tabernacle
- Convent of Saint Dominic of Guzman
- Temple of Our Lady of Mercy
- Joseph Parish
- Parish of San Marcos
- Shrine of Guadalupe
- Convent Temple of Our Lady of Carmen
- Conventual Temple of San Francisco
- Temple of the Immaculate Conception
- Parish of the Holy Cross
- Temple of San Cristobal
- Temple of the Convent of the Holy Trinity
- Temple of the Holy Spirit The Company
- Temple of the Oratory of San Felipe Neri La Concordia
- Temple of the Holy Guardian Angel of Analco
- Temple and Convent of Saint Catherine of Siena
Tentative WHS
Centro Histórico de Puebla (extension)
PUEBLA
Urban Legends: Puebla: Callejón de los sapos
Airports: Puebla (PBC)
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Puebla: Casa de Alfeñique
Puebla: Museo Casa del Mendrugo
Puebla: Museo Regional de Puebla
Puebla: Museo Universitario Casa de los Muñecos
Castles, Palaces, Forts: Puebla: Forts Loreto y Guadalupe
Art Museums
Puebla: Chapel UDLAP Art
Puebla: International Museum of the Baroque
Puebla: Museo José Luis Bello y González
Puebla: Museo UPAEP
Puebla: Museum Armando Talavera Poblana
Puebla: MUTEC – Museum Workshop ERASTO CORTES
Puebla: San Pedro Art Museum (Museo Poblano de Arte Virreinal)
Puebla: Santa Rosa (Popular Art Museum)
House and Biographical Museums: Puebla: Museo José Luis Bello y Zetina
Archaeology and Anthropology Museums: Puebla: Amparo Museum
Religious Temples
Puebla: Church of Santo Domingo (Rosary Chapel)
Puebla: Parroquia de la Santa Cruz
Puebla: Puebla Cathedral
Puebla: San Francisco
Natural History and Earth Museums: Puebla: Museum of Evolution
Religious and Sacred Art Museums (including Islamic and Jewish Museums): Puebla: Museo de Arte Religioso Ex Convento Santa Monica
Zoos: Puebla: Africam Safari
Hospitality Legends: Puebla: La Pasita
Music, Film and Photography Museums: Puebla: Museo De La Música De Viena
Vehicle Museums: Puebla: Automobile Museum
Railway Museums: Puebla: Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos
Museums – Various
Puebla: Museo Casa Del Titere
Puebla: Museo Infantil
The Dark Side: Puebla: Secret tunnels Puebla
Festivals: Cinco de Mayo, Puebla
CHOLULA
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Puebla: Regional Museum of Cholula
Vestiges of the Past: Great Pyramid of Cholula
Religious Temples
Cholula: Iglesia de los Remedios
Cholula: Iglesia de Santa María Tonantzintla
TLAXCALA
Religious Temples
Tlaxcala: Basílica de nuestra señora de Ocotlán
Tlaxcala: La Barca de la Fé
Bizzarium: Tlaxcala: La Barca de la Fé
GO TO MEXICO STATE/Monasteries on the Slopes of Popo
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Ferrocarril Interoceanico heritage railway
Roads, Road Bridges and Tunnels: Road – Federal Highway 190 (Puebla City-Ciudad Cuauhtémoc)
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Tlaxcala: Regional Museum
Vestiges of the Past
Cacaxtla
Xochitecatl
Religious Temples
Chignahuapan: Parroquia de Santiago Apostol
Cuautinchan: Franciscan Convent of Cuautinchan
Nativitas: Santuario de San Miguel de Milagro
Religious Monuments
Xicotepec de Juárez: Majestuosa Cruz Celestial
Xicotepec de Juárez: Virgen de Guadalupe
World of Nature
La Malinche NP
Pico de Orizaba NP
Rivers: Atoyac River
Zoos: Apetatitlán: Altiplano Zoo
Villages and Small Towns
CHIGNAHUAPAN
CUETZALAN
VALQUIRICO
ZACATLAN
Cities of the Americas
ATLIXCO
SAN MARTIN TEXMELUCAN
