MUSEO UNIVERSITARIO CASA DE LOS MUÑECOS

The literal translation is "house of dolls", but it must be heard in the sense of dolls or plugs. This magnificent book of the second part of the eighteenth century presents a geometric combination of ladrillos (bricks) and azulejos (typical Puebla ceramic tiles, associated with local art of la Talavera, pottery which originates in the xviie); the facade mainly exposes anthropomorphic figures known to bodies of half-naked men and women, the same traits, some in the position of dancers, accompanied by animals or musical instruments. It is said that the author thus wanted to mock the city's notables who opposed the construction of a private building more opulent than public buildings… La Casa de los Muñecos hosted the city's first cinema in its time, then the siege of La Opinión, then a photo studio and finally a front pastry. become a casa de huespedes. In 1983, it was acquired by the autonomous university of Puebla, which set up the university museum, where there was a collection of virreinal art and temporary exhibitions.