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Church Me Up – Cholula, Puebla State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 7 March 2011
There are around 40 churches in the town of Cholula (which is essentially a suburb of the ever-sprawling city of Puebla these days), however, one quite literally stands above the rest. The Spanish built the Santuario Nuestra Señora de los Remedios church on top of a massive pyramid called Tlachihualtepetl (which means “artificial hill” in the native Nahuatl language). The temple was so overgrown when the Spanish got there that they claimed they thought it was just a hill, not one of the most important indigenous spiritual centers.
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The Worlds Largest Pyramid, Cholula
Blog: Travels of Christopher - 26 October 2009
Cholula is a city in the state of Puebla, located about 15km from the previously mentioned Puebla City. Cholula was an important pre columbian city going back as far as the 2nd century BC. The most famous feature in Cholula is the Great Pyramid of Cholola which by volume is the largest pyramid in the [...]
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My travels get a dose of swine flu
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 14 May 2009
The first I heard of it was on the BBC news website on the saturday I arrived in Guadalajara. By saturday night, it was still something for people in far-off Mexico City to worry about. It wasn´t until sunday that it began to become clear that everyone was taking it very seriously indeed. On the saturday, [...]
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