Sights in Cholula
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Pirámide Tepanapa
The incredible Pirámide Tepanapa looks more like a hill than a pyramid, but it's still the town's big draw, and, with miles of tunnels veining the inside of the structure, it's no let-down. The Zona Arqueológica comprises the excavated areas around the pyramid and the tunnels underneath. You enter via the tunnel on the north side, which takes you on a spooky route through the center of the pyramid.
Several pyramids were built on top of each other during various reconstructions, and over 8km of tunnels have been dug beneath the pyramid by archaeologists to penetrate each stage. From the access tunnel, a few hundred meters long, you can see earlier layers of the building.…
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Zona Arqueológica
The Zona Arqueológica comprises the excavated areas around the incredible Pirámide Tepanapa and the tunnels underneath. You enter via the tunnel on the north side, which takes you on a spooky route through the center of the pyramid. Several pyramids were built on top of each other during various reconstructions, and over 8km of tunnels have been dug beneath the pyramid by archaeologists to penetrate each stage. From the access tunnel, a few hundred meters long, you can see earlier layers of the building. You don’t need a guide to follow the tunnel through to the structures on the pyramid’s south and west sides, but since nothing is labeled, they can be helpful in pointi…
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Museo de la Ciudad de Cholula
The excellent Museo de la Ciudad de Cholula is housed in a fantastically restored colonial building on the zócalo. The small but strong collection includes ceramics and jewelry from the Pirámide Tepanapa, as well as later colonial paintings and sculptures. Most interestingly, you can watch through a glass wall as museum employees painstakingly restore smashed ceramics and repair jewelry.
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Santuario de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
The Pirámide Tepanapa is topped by the brightly decorated Santuario de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios. It's a classic symbol of conquest, but possibly an inadvertent one, as the church may have been built before the Spanish realized the mound contained a pagan temple. You can climb to the church for free via a path starting near the northwest corner of the pyramid.
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Ex-Convento de San Gabriel
The Ex-Convento de San Gabriel (also known as Plaza de la Concordia), facing the east side of Cholula's huge zócalo, includes a tiny but interesting Franciscan library, and three fine churches, all of which will appeal to travelers interested in antique books, and early religious and Franciscan history.
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Museo de Sitio de Cholula
The small Museo de Sitio de Cholula, across the road from the Pirámide Tepanapa ticket office and down some steps, provides the best introduction to the site: a cutaway model of the pyramid mound showing the various superimposed structures. Admission is included in the site ticket.
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Capilla de la Tercera Orden
In the middle of Cholula's huge zócalo is the 19th-century Capilla de la Tercera Orden.
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Templo de San Gabriel
The Templo de San Gabriel was founded in 1530 on the site of a pyramid.
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Capilla Real
The Arabic-style Capilla Real has 49 domes, and dates from 1540.
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