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San Pedro Cholula Archaeological Zone

San Pedro Cholula, Puebla

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The Cholula Archaeological Zone belonged to the Olmec-Ximeca culture in the Middle Preclassic period. Its name comes from the pre-Hispanic Chollollan, meaning Place of Escape. It has an area of ​​400 meters per side and 60 meters high. It is described as the Chollan ceramic center. The great pyramid stands out, its construction was in four phases over almost ten centuries. From the top of it, five pyramids can be seen. Its altars, plazas and paintings are also notable.

Municipality

San Pedro Cholula is a municipality in the state of Puebla and is part of the Cholula Valley, which is located in the central-western part of the state of Puebla, it has various architectural structures such as the Archaeological Zone of Cholula, which belonged to the Olmec culture. Ximeca in the middle preclassical period, the former convent of San Gabriel, has a colonial-type architecture in a Gothic-type rococo style, the Chapel of the Remedies, almost all year round the saints of its devotion are celebrated in the neighborhoods with rockets, candles , dances, floral arrangements, masses and processions, they have a House of Culture located in the center of this municipality, where temporary exhibitions of paintings, paintings, etc. are

Festivities

Almost all year long, the neighborhoods celebrate the saints they are dedicated to with rockets, candles, dances, flower arrangements, masses and processions. The most sumptuous is that of the Virgen de los Remedios, which takes place from September 1 to 8. Currently, the Expo-Fair Cholula is held from October 11 to 26. The cult of the dead: novenas, at the end of the year and on November 1 and 2.


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