This large building includes the Palafoxiana Library, one of the oldest libraries in the Western…read moreHemisphere. It sits behind the large church on the Zocalo. In this building, Puebla sets forth their cultural activities. It's a large two story building, with a series of courtyards in the middle that are meticulously landscaped and groomed. There are free, clean restrooms here as well. On the eastern side of the cultural center, there's a cinema museum, displaying various antique movie projectors. They occasionally show movies for free! When I was there, all the movies were antique Mexican movies that I'd never heard of. The place was really clean, and incredibly beautiful. It seems that this is the place to see a concert or a play. The area had good signage letting you know where everything was, and there's employees who just hang out answering tourists' questions. It's a nice place to get out of the sun, use the restroom, and of course, see the library!

The church is awesome as an architecture, sadly no photos allowed, and in general doesn't preach…read moreJesus Christ faithfully. Mainly because it has too much catholic influence and then evolved, so in the end not bible faithful. As a structure, it's nice to look at especially the interior.

During the Day of the Dead, this library open with a lot display from the kid of the school. This…read moredisplay is unique to see. The display is in the courtyard of the building. It has two floors of display. The courtyard display dead dog coming back to home. It is beautiful decorated. Then follow each booth on the hallway. The display includes soccer, ancient spirits, rock stars, pets, giant skull, La Salle - the famous artist for day of the dead creatures, movie stars, and more. The displays are very detail. Visit need 1.5 hour to finish. At the end, there are vendors selling local souvenirs. My wife got two set of earrings. One of them is the human skeleton, the other is dog skeleton.

This is the oldest and first library to open to the public in Latin America. A must visit. It is…read morereally small but there are other rooms that exhibit the origins of poblanos and a couple of art galleries.