“San Francisco, El Origen” is Puebla’s first and very recent Barrio Mágico (Magical Neighborhood). It’s actually made up of 4 neighboring districts: San Francisco, El Alto, La Luz, and Analco. In June 2024, these four were combined to form the Barrio Mágico “San Francisco, El Origen”. Founded on the west bank of the San Francisco River in 1531, the city of Puebla was built on a previously uninhabited area. It was planned as a city for Spanish settlers and to serve as a resting place for travelers and traders between the capital Mexico City and the main port in Veracruz at the Gulf of Mexico. On the east side of…