Cholula
Cholula was an important city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, dating back to at least the 2nd century BC, with settlement as a village going back at least some thousand years earlier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: important city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
- Also known as: “Zona Arqueologica de Cholula” and “Zona Arqueológica de Cholula”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Pyramid of Cholula and Our Lady of Remedies.
Great Pyramid of Cholula
Archaeological site
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The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl, is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid in the world, as well as the largest pyramid by volume known to exist in the world today.
Our Lady of Remedies
Church
Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios is a 16th-century Mexican Catholic parish church built atop the Tlachihualtepetl pyramid in the municipality of Cholula located in the central Mexican state of Puebla.
MUSEO REGIONAL DE CHOLULA
Museum
Photo: Luisalvaz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MUSEO REGIONAL DE CHOLULA is a museum, which is situated 170 metres east of Cholula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Andrés Cholula and Cholula.
San Andrés Cholula
Town
San Andrés Cholula is the municipal seat of San Andrés Cholula Municipality located in the Metropolitan area of Puebla, in the center west of the state of Puebla in the central highlands of Mexico, 122 km east of Mexico City and eight kilometres west of the city of Puebla.
Cholula
Photo: Luisalvaz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cholula is a city in Puebla state, 15 km west of the city of Puebla. It is a mid-size city with a population of about 150,000. The Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest pyramid on a platform in the world.
Chipilo
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Chipilo, officially known as Chipilo de Francisco Javier Mina, is a small city in the state of Puebla, Mexico. It is located 12 kilometres south of the state capital Puebla, Puebla, at a height of 2,150 metres above sea level.
Cholula
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.05748° or 19° 3′ 27″ northLongitude
-98.30191° or 98° 18′ 7″ westElevation
2,151 metres (7,057 feet)Open location code
76F33M4X+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 26643862OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
13353852Wikidata ID
Q7380613
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Cholula” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “乔卢拉”
- Chinese: “喬盧拉”
- Esperanto: “Ĉolulo”
- Hungarian: “Cholula”
- Indonesian: “Cholula (situs Mesoamerika)”
- Indonesian: “Cholula”
- Italian: “Cholula”
- Japanese: “チョルーラ”
- Japanese: “チョルラ”
- Spanish: “Zona arqueologica de Cholula”
- Spanish: “zona arqueológica de Cholula”
- Spanish: “Zona arqueológica de Cholula”
- Turkish: “Cholula”
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