Templo del Espíritu Santo o de la Compañía de Jesús ("Church of the Holy Spirit" or "... of the Society of Jesus")
Within its walls you can still hear the memory of Puebla's Jesuits.
Av. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza and 4 Sur.

After the arrival of the Jesuits in Puebla in 1578, their activities soon were soon channeled towards the intellectual and academic. The fruits of that labor were five schools of which the most prestigious was the School of the Holy Spirit. In the space of a few years, the Jesuits, through donations and purchases, came to own the land where this church stands and even the square in front of it. As in the majority of such cases, the original construction was followed by a larger one. The church you see today was built in 1767.

Paradoxically, this coincided exactly with the process that led to the expulsion of the Jesuits from the colony.

Special features to note are the two belltowers and the dome covered in tiles. The interior decoration was done in the 19th century.

Don't miss getting a photo of you taken in the square, with the spectacular facade of this church as the background!

Of course! The sacristy of this church is the burial place of the famous Catalina de San Juan, known by many as the "china poblana" (literally "Pueblan Chinawoman"), a former slave from India whose legendary virtue and creativity are symbolic of the city of Puebla.