The city of Puebla, officially Heroic Puebla de Zaragoza (nicknamed Angelópolis) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Puebla. The city has a population of 1,399,519 (the municipality, 1,485,941). The metropolitan area of the city, however, extends over 10 municipalities of the state of Puebla, such as the city of Cholula and 13 of the state of Tlaxcala, and with a population of 2,109,049 it is fourth most populous metropolitan area in Mexico. Puebla is an important industrial, cultural and educational center of Mexico for the central and south-east regions. It is also one of the oldest colonial cities in the continent.
Puebla is located in the Valley of Puebla, surrounded by volcanoes and snow-capped mountains, slightly over 110 kilometres southeast of Mexico City.
Cathedral of Puebla
The city of Puebla was founded on April 16, 1531 as "La Puebla de los Ángeles". It was the first city in central Mexico founded by the Spanish conquerors that was not built upon the ruins of a conquered Amerindian settlement. Its strategic location, half-way between the port of Veracruz and Mexico City, made it the second most important city during the colonial period. During the 17th century, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz lived in the city until her confrontation with the Bishop of Puebla.
Four decades after Mexico's independence, General Ignacio Zaragoza's army defeated French expeditionary forces near Puebla on May 5, 1862 in the Battle of Puebla. During the French intervention, the people of Puebla sided with the French and did not lend the needed support to the Mexican troops. This lead Ignacio Zaragoza to write a letter back to Mexico City after the defeat of the French with the help of the Tlaxcaltecans petitioning to burn the city down. Instead, the name was changed to "Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza" as punishment against the very religious city.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries a number of European immigrants came to the city, mainly from Germany, Italy and Spain. Today, the Colonia Humboldt neighborhood shows the influence of the local German population in its architecture, traditions and festivals like the local Oktoberfest, as well as in the town of Chipilo, now absorbed by the metropolitan area of the city, where people speak a dialect of Venetian known as the Chipilo Venetian dialect. The folkloric Mexican women's dress known as China Poblana was created in Puebla. Also, the "Talavera Poblana" is a fine earthenware of colonial origin still made in the city. It's a motif unique to Puebla; dineware, plant pots, churches and even streets may be lined with tiles of Talavera.
The Cathedral of Santo Domingo in Cusco, which is also known as 'Cusco Cathedral,' is set on the main square of the Peruvian city, the Plaza de Armas[1]. Building was completed in 1654, almost a hundred years after construction began. Adjacent, and joined, to the cathedral is the smaller 'Iglesia del Triunfo', which was the first christian church to be built in Cusco. The 'Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus,'that also dominates the Plaza de Armas, was built at a similar time to Santo Domingo. The Cathedral, as well as its official status as a place of worship, has become a major repository of Cusco's colonial art, and also many artifacts and relics.
The face of the ornate Cathedral of Santo Domingo, in Cusco, Peru.
Cathedral of Santo Domingo
The Cathedral's construction began in 1559[3], and the foundations of Kiswarkanchar were used as foundations for the latin cross-shaped cathedral. The location of Viracocha's palace was chosen for the purpose of removing the Inca religion from Cusco, and replacing it with Spanish catholic christianity[2]. Due to the fact that 1559 was only 26 years after the conquistadores entered Cusco in 1533[4], the vast majority of the population was still of Quechua Inca descent. Therefore, as the Spaniards had assumed power over the Cusco populace, the Incas were used as a labour workforce[2] to build the Cathedral.
The original designs for the 1-acre (4,000 m2) large construction were drawn by the Spanish architect and conquistador, Juan Miguel de Veramendi. His design of a latin cross shape incorporated a three-aisled nave which was held up by only 14 pillars. Over the 95 years of its construction, the building work was supervised by more Spanish priests and architects, until its completion in 1654.
Most of the stones from the building were taken from Saqsaywaman, an Inca holy and defensive structure located on the hills above Cusco, although due to the large size of Saqsaywaman, a considerable proportion of the site remains intact.
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Jose Maria de Yermo y parre was raised by HIS father he lost his mother when he was really young and as a result was also raised by his aunt ! mister, please get your fact straight!! He was a good man!
missdarcy321 2 weeks ago
NO NO AND NO! YOU SIR DO NOT KNOW HOW TO READ SPANISH , THE STATUE OF THE MAN AND POOR WOMAN IN FLAMES ARE NOT IN HELL AND THE SIGN DOES NOT READ THAT IF YOU DONT GIVE MONEY TO THE CHURCH YOU WILL BURN IN HELL, THEY ARE SOULS IN PURGATORY WHO BEG OUR PRAYERS TO BE RELEASED TO ENTER HEAVEN
missdarcy321 3 weeks ago
I am happy to see the Catholic People still maintain their faith in their way-Protestant free! I know that Catholics rarely war with Protestants but the protestants DO infact war with Catholics. They attempt to undo our cohesiveness.
watchinvidsize 3 months ago
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Tell that woman that it is not a church but a cathedral !
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YouAreSoRight 6 months ago
@NverEnoughDeathMetal The Mexican News segment (part 2) states that every 3 days someone in Mexico is arrested for arms trafficking from the U.S. border.
xm377Moyocoyatzin 11 months ago
@xm377Moyocoyatzin i try to keep up with news but i know that FAUX Noise, CNN and etc are all filtered crapaganda. thanks for showing me though. i will look into those links right now.
NverEnoughDeathMetal 11 months ago
@NverEnoughDeathMetal You don't keep up with the news do you?
watch?v=0OtgKgXBIWw
watch?v=e5r9jeLmb_U
Mexican Armory showing the tens of thousands of seized weapons from Cartels since 2006, you cannot seriously tell me these weapons don't come from the U.S. Also the ammo for such weapons is simply not available in Mexico outside of the Armed Forces:
watch?v=Ux_9RUgaOsA
watch?v=cM_YP6Wv5O0
I wonder where such weapons come from:
watch?v=0cwZTkvZUuA
xm377Moyocoyatzin 11 months ago
@xm377Moyocoyatzin where is the evidence that the usa arms the cartels??
NverEnoughDeathMetal 11 months ago
@Silverfoxxee All that we are asking of the U.S. is to STOP arming the Cartels. If Mexico were any other nation this act alone would be seen as an act of war. I can only imagine the shit fit the U.S. would throw if Mexico was arming and financing Al Qaeda. And don't even mention changing or toppling a government that does the U.S.'s bidding because we both know the U.S. would sooner support a genocidal dictator than support true freedom fighters. Their historical track record isn't exactly noble
xm377Moyocoyatzin 1 year ago
@Silverfoxxee So if a pissed off Arab decides to blow up the daycare where your kids happen to go to that is all on YOU right? All your fault. You cannot blame your government for going off to rile up a foreign nation under your name and now their nationals think you support them and want your blood. You think it's just that fucking easy do you? Just remove the government. So that the U.S. can just fucking waltz in and screw us over even more? I know this is what some motherfuckers would love.
xm377Moyocoyatzin 1 year ago