People Before

You do not have an exact figure of what was in the place where they founded the city of Puebla, but there were no traces of human settlements, were only fields and some farm, possibly in nearby towns as the historic town Cholula, which was then known by its inhabitants and neighbors as Chollolan, as well as the nearby city of Tlaxcala. This area already had a name: Cuetlaxcoapan, which means "Where the Snakes shed their skin." In 1531 he left the diocese of Tlaxcala Fray Toribio de Benavente, Franciscan known by the Indians as Motolinia, to find a place to raise a Spanish city, and serve as a step and rest on the road from Veracruz to Mexico. However, Fray Julian Garces, had long ago (1530), a dream in which angels fell from the sky and marked the exact spot where the city was founded along the riverbed, and it was he who promoted as it should be the place where the city was founded, to be called Puebla de los Angeles, by decision of the Spanish crown, and bearing in mind the dream of Fray Julian Garces, who also was appointed the first bishop of the new city. The Coat of Arms is also based on this dream. This was designed by King Carlos V and we can still see in it the initials of his name: Karolus V. The city is located in south-central Mexico, in the Central Plateau.

It has an altitude of 2.125 meters above sea level, located in a valley at the foot of the volcano Pico de Orizaba ", also known as" La Malinche ", and near the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. Nearby is the city of Cholula, that if it was pre-Columbian and ancient city. About 12 km, but today is practically attached to the city of Puebla. Know how was the founding of the city of Puebla, its history and legends: