The historic centre of Puebla (Spanish: centro histórico de Puebla) was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987.
This Zone was decreed a Historic Monuments Zone in 1977 by presidential decree and 1 year later UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site.
The Historic Monuments Zone retains a lot of colonial buildings.
Several of the oldest buildings were badly damaged in 1999 after the earthquake and later were subsequently repaired.
This article about a location in the Mexican state of Puebla is a stub.