Puebla, Puebla
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Puebla, Mexico is a Mexican city. It is 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Mexico City in a broad valley. The city has had many names over the years including City of Angels, City of Tiles, and Heroic City of Zaragoza.
Puebla was the main city of colonial Mexico. The architecture and look of Puebla is the most European of all the colonial cities. This is because it was built completely by a Spanish. Most cities at the time were built within an existing Native American community.
Puebla is highly industrialized, having factories belonging to Volkswagen, Audi, and Bimbo. The historic downtown area remains a Spanish colonial treasure. It is filled with 17th and 18th century European architecture. The city has a nice climate all year around, friendly and courteous people living there and good food.
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Writ to recognize Puebla as City signed by Spain's queen Isabella of Portugal, municipal archive
Plano de 1698 de la ciudad de Puebla
Cédula Real which grants the colonial coat of arms to the city of Puebla de los Angeles and which was granted by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the city of Valladolid on July 20, 1538.
The Biblioteca Palafoxiana, founded by priest Juan de Palafox y Mendoza in 1646, is recognized by UNESCO for being the first public library in the Americas.
Chapel of the Rosario, a masterpiece of Mexican Baroque and once known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".
Image from the Battle of Puebla in the city center in 1863.
Puebla City in 1869. Lithograph of the new railway station.
View of Popocatépetl — from near the summit of Iztaccíhuatl.* * Part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt — a principal volcanic mountain system in central México.
Teleferico de la ciudad de Puebla.
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