The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico.
Puebla, also known asPuebla City, is the seat ofPuebla Municipality, the capital and largest city of the state ofPuebla, and one of the five most important Spanish colonial cities inMexico.A colonial era-planned city, it isin the Puebla Valley, surrounded by volcanoes and snow-capped mountains.
The city was founded in 1531 in an area called Cuetlaxcoapan, which means "where serpents change their skin", in between of two of the main indigenous settlements at the time,TlaxcalaandCholula.Due to its history and architectural styles ranging fromRenaissanceto MexicanBaroque, the city was named aWorld Heritage Sitein 1987. The city is also famous formole poblano,chiles en nogadaandTalavera pottery.
