Puebla... mystical city, surrounded of legends!
Puebla is well known because it is surrounded of many legends... the most known are "Puebla founding, City of Angels", "The Bell Santa María", "La China Poblana", and the one related to the volcanoes named "The Legend of Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl".
"Puebla founding, City of Angels".
Poblanos say that during the foundation of the city Fray Julian Garces, Archbishop of the Diocese of Tlaxcala, dreamed about a field full of flowers and springs, a beautiful place where it could inhabit the same angels. Fray Toribio de Benavente thought it was a sign from heaven to establish a city for Spanish workers.
The father of the Order, Fray Francisco de los Angeles Quiñones, and the founder of the order, Fray Francisco de Asis, established in the XIII century the Franciscan Order, and were devotees of San Miguel and of the Angels. This is referred in the solemn Mass of the founding of the city, on April 16th, 1531.
The Angels traced out the layout of the city and the Archbishop recruited a group of monks to help him to look for the place from his vision and found the Valley of Cuetlaxcoapan and the Queen agreed to his request.
Puebla de los Angeles was founded!!!
"The Bell Santa Maria"
Puebla's Cathedral was consecrated on April 18th, 1649 by Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, but it was incomplete. So in 1678, the North Tower started to be built and the bells placed in it. One of them was from the old Cathedral, and the other were new, made for that occasion. It was decided to manufacture a great bell, which did not work so itas was destroyed. A new pieced was made, nearly 9 tons., so it was unable to locate the bell into the tower located at 73 m. high.
According to the Legend, when the city was asleep, the Angels came down from the sky, the bell and placed it in its proper place. The night, the guard fell asleep, and when he awoke and heard the workers saying that they could not find the bell. To their surprise, the bell was on it tower. Then, the guard recalled thatin his dreams he saw two Angels descended from heaven, took the bell and rose up in place in the tower.
This bell was given the name of Maria (Mary), because with it is called Virgin Mary, playing the "Angelus" at 12:00 and 18:00 hrs every day.ᵜᵅᵖᵜ
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