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Cholula sits at about 7100' in a wide valley. It began to develope around 600 BC. There is a Olmec influence at this time in the pottery. The great pyramid construction began in this time frame. This structure was enlarged on 4 times. During the classic period Cholulas used talud-tabelero style of Teotihuacan and its pottery reflected influences from El Tajin. By the time the Spanish arrived the great pyramid was the largest structure by volume in the New World. Cholula grew into a large ceremonial center with 365 temples. Cholula may have been occupied continually from its beginnings around 600BC until after the arrival of the Spanish.

Cholula es una ciudad ubicada en Puebla al occidente de la Ciudad de México. Es fácil llegar por la autopista a Puebla y les recomiendo visitar las ruinas aztecas que hay aquí.
Cuando llegan los conquistadores españoles en 1521 al mando de Hernán Cortés, desembarcan en lo que hoy es el Estado de Veracruz y toman rumbo a la ciudad de México-Tenochtitlán atraídos por los comentarios de los indígenas en relación con la gran riqueza del imperio Azteca en su trayecto se hacen aliados de los Tlaxcaltecas (enemigos de los aztecas)y se encaminan a la Ciudad de México. Cholula es el lugar donde se libra la primera batalla entre españoles y mexicas.
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It supposedly has a church for every day of the year, and the huge hill with the church on top is rumored to be the world’s biggest pyramid.

Cholula Travel Blogs

A warm welcome in a very cold part of Mexico
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Nov 21, 2008 – Nov 19, 2009
After recovering from my b'day celerbrations the previous day i awoke feeling 170% this morn and felt like adventuring and convienently there was a pyramid on the next block which was begging to be explored, so even with liam's slight claustrophobia he agreed to go missioning thru  the tu…
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Cholula: Picture postcard setting for a mustard coloured church
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Nov 26, 2008 – Dec 01, 2008
And so, another day and another day trip planned. This has to be the first time I've ever had so many "touristy" trips in one trip, but as I mentioned before, I wanted to use this trip to get a taste of Mexico before doing things on my own. I don't even know how I chose these 2 towns as part of the…
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This trip was featured on Saturday December 20th, 2008
Day 18: Cholula
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Dec 11, 2002 – Mar 11, 2003
  We took a local minibus to visit the village of Cholula, which is the site of the largest pyramid in the world. Yes, you read that right, the largest pyramid of the world can be found in Mexico, not in Egypt. Egypt might have the tallest, but if you measure by volume, the Pirámide Tepanap…
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This trip was featured on Thursday June 11th, 2009

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