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Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Tikal National Park: Petén Department. Mixed (i) (iii) (iv) (ix) (x) 1979 In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, lies one of the major sites of Mayan civilization, inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D.
Category: Landmarks in Guatemala. 1 language. ... Historic sites in Guatemala (2 C) M. Monuments and memorials in Guatemala (1 C, 3 P) T. Towers in Guatemala (1 C, 1 P)
It is located 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi; 3.5 nmi) [1] south of Guatemala City's center and 25 km (16 mi; 13 nmi) from Antigua Guatemala. It is administered by the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics. La Aurora International Airport is the primary airport of Guatemala. The airport went through a massive modernization and expansion.
El Obelisco (The Obelisk) or Monumento a los Próceres de la Independencia (Monument to the Heroes of Independence) is a monument in Guatemala City, Guatemala built in 1935 under the government of Jorge Ubico and designed by Rafael Pérez De León.
Tourism in Guatemala has grown gradually, is an attractive destination because of the abundant and varied natural environment and its long beaches of white sand and dark sand, coral reefs, flora and fauna, and archaeological sites, its colonial history, plus its culture expressed in their customs and traditional foods.
Carlos III fountain and St. James Cathedral in Guatemala City in the 1875. Photograph by Eadweard Muybridge. It did not take long for the authorities to replace rebel archbishop Cortés y Larraz, who left in favor of Cayetano Francos y Monroy, who arrived in late 1779 and took over the building projects of the religious settlements in the new ...
City/Town Population Department 1 Guatemala City: 1,221,739 Guatemala: 2 Villa Nueva: 618,397 ... Map of Guatemala at archive.today (archived 2013-01-05)
Guatemala City: Guatemala Department: Science museum: Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena [2] Guatemala City: Guatemala Department: Maya textiles: Museo Katinamit [2] San Cristóbal Verapaz: Alta Verapaz Department: Museo Miraflores [2] Guatemala City: Guatemala Department: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología [2] Guatemala City: Guatemala ...