LATW2008 will be held in Puebla, Mexico. Puebla is also known as the City of Angels, a World Heritage City, lies 136 km (84 miles) from Mexico City. Puebla, a city of gray hewn stone constructions, is Mexico’s fourth largest city. Walking along the streets, you will see marvelous facades with lovely iron balconies, traditional markets and beautiful plazas. Here you will find wonderful crafts, including talavera pottery, the tree of life figurines, bark paper paintings and unique onyx and marble sculptures. Near Puebla you can visit the Izta-Popo National Park, La Malinche National Park and the Valle de Tehuacan Biosphere Reserve, the largest reserve in the world. From Puebla you can reach interesting ancient places. Among them Cholula Pyramid, Cacaxtla- where you can still admire wall painting-, pyramids of Teotihuacan and the site of Monte Alban (Oaxaca).

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Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE - México)