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Parish of San José in the old Cathedral of Santiago de la Antigua Guatemala in an engraving of 1884. [4] Note the collapse of the bell towers after the earthquake of 1874. After the earthquakes of 1773, the cathedral was moved to Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción (Guatemala City) on November 22, 1779 and the Parish church of El Sagrario, which ...
Its cathedral is the Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, is the episcopal see in the national capital Ciudad de Guatemala. It also has the former Cathedral, a World Heritage Site: Catedral de San José, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez; a Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Ciudad de Guatemala ...
The cathedral moved to the new capital on 22 November 1779, but all the interior ornaments that had not been destroyed by the earthquake in the old building remained behind in what was now called Antigua Guatemala; in 1783 they were taken away from the frail ruins and stored in the old Universidad de San Carlos Borromeo building and in the El ...
The Church and convent of the Society of Jesus in Antigua Guatemala is a religious complex that was built between 1690 and 1698. It was built on a block that is only 325 yards (300 m) away from the Cathedral of Saint James on a lot that once belonged to the family of famous chronicler Bernal Díaz del Castillo and had three monastery wings and a church.
Cathedral of Our Lady of Hope in Jalapa; Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Quetzaltenango; Co-Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Totonicapán; Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Santa Cruz del Quiché; Cathedral of St. Mark in San Marcos; Catedral del Niño Dios de Cuilapa in Santa Rosa de Lima; Basílica del Cristo Negro de Esquipulas in ...
Main entrance to the church property. When Franciscan missionaries arrived in Guatemala from Spain in 1530 they were assigned 120 villages by the civil authorities. [1] They were the first to move to the Panchoy Valley in 1541 where they built a church at the site of today's School of Christ (Escuela de Cristo).
Antigua Guatemala (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtiɣwa ɣwateˈmala]), commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque -influenced architecture and layout dating from that period.
English: Carpet and decoration for Semana Santa in San José Catedral in Antigua, Guatemala. Antigua's "carpets" are made of colorized sawdust and very famous throughout the country. Antigua's "carpets" are made of colorized sawdust and very famous throughout the country.