The tunnels are part of an underground history that the almost 500-year-old city is calling the “Secrets of Puebla”. Serendipity, not scholarly research, is responsible for the discovery.

Puebla is a city built above a network of secret tunnels. The tunnels date back to the 16th century but were only recently rediscovered, and they were unveiled to the public in 2016.

Puebla, Mexico, Feb 24 (EFE). — The history of this Mexican city lies, literally, under the ground and will be accessible with the opening to the public of a network of tunnels, some of which ...

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The storage facilities also housed drilling machinery, metal tanks and hoses, Javier González del Villar, logistics coordinator for Mexico’s state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), told ...