Alto Mural

The murals of El Alto, in Puebla

The murals of El Alto are magnificent murals that have transformed the face of the historic district. The Puebla audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this colourful street art, which has given back life and pride to one of the oldest districts of the town.

The new colourful face of the district

If the El Alto district is so popular today, it is in part thanks to these murals spread a little everywhere in its streets. It is a new face that the district has taken in recent years, thanks to a great artistic project that invited painters to transform the walls into true open-air canvases. These colourful and monumental frescoes, mixing figures, symbolic scenes, traditional Mexican motifs and contemporary creations, have metamorphosed El Alto, formerly a modest and neglected district, into a lively, proud and attractive place. This mural art, deeply rooted in the Mexican tradition, which made of muralism a great artistic movement in the twentieth century, gives back here a working-class and accessible dimension to art, in the heart of the daily life of the inhabitants. To discover these frescoes along the alleys is to follow a true open-air artistic route, where each wall holds a surprise. An open-air museum and a renewal of a district, the murals of El Alto are a fine stop of the discovery of Puebla.

What to see

Here you admire the magnificent murals spread in the streets of the El Alto district, fruit of a great artistic project that has transformed the walls into open-air canvases: colourful and monumental frescoes mixing figures, symbolic scenes and traditional Mexican motifs, in the tradition of muralism, that have given back life and pride to the district. The murals of El Alto are an open-air museum of Puebla. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The murals of El Alto are discovered in the streets of the district of the same name, on the edge of the historic centre of Puebla, reachable on foot. They are open-air works, freely visible. It is best to explore them during the day to fully enjoy the colours of the murals.

What are the murals of El Alto in Puebla?

Magnificent murals spread in the streets of the El Alto district, fruit of a great artistic project that has transformed the walls into open-air canvases; these colourful frescoes mixing figures, symbolic scenes and traditional Mexican motifs, in the tradition of muralism, have given back life and pride to the district.

Where are the murals of El Alto in Puebla?

In the streets of the El Alto district, on the edge of the historic centre of Puebla, in Mexico.