Monument to the Bull

The church and monastery were built between 1567 and 1585. It is a grey stone structure with white stucco bell towers. The exterior is simple, but the interior has more elaborate architectural elements with churrigueresque altars of gold, a number of alabaster statues in the main portal, and colonial era paintings throughout the church and monastery. The oldest paintings are in the Third Order chapel.

Puppetry is a revered craft in Huamantla, where the Rosete Aranda family founded a popular traveling puppet show that performed throughout Mexico for more than a century. The Puppet Museum is in a mansion facing Parque Juarez in the city center. Eight exhibit halls showcase puppets, sets, and related objects from Mexico as well as from European and Asian puppeteers.

Our Lady of Charity is the town's patron saint and a 17th century shrine was built in her honor in Huamantla, though the shrine was replaced by a huge, very modern church in the early 1950s (the church was consecrated in 1954). The church features three main naves, two side chapels, and two bell towers. The interior features muraled ceilings in the side chapels, numerous sculptures, and stained glass along the walls of the naves and over the main altar. Former president, Porfirio Diaz credited his prayers to the Virgin for his military success and in 1876, donated a gold crown, halo and palm to the church in thanks for his victory in the Battle of Tecoac. The gold crown is interesting to tourists though many visitors come on pilgrimages to make their own prayers and pleas. The church is a focal point for the annual celebration of "The Night Nobody Sleeps".

Bullfighting has a long and storied tradition in Huamantla and this 2-story museum located next to the bullfighting arena showcases the long and bloody Hispanic tradition of bullfighting. See the different types of swords used in the ring, capes, matador outfits, model bullrings from other parts of Mexico, and posters advertising past bullfights.