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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.
Map of Antigua Guatemala in 1773. Module:Location map/data/Antigua Guatemala is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Antigua Guatemala. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Panchoy – Antigua Guatemala In 1543, Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was once again refounded, this time at Panchoy. The new city survived as the capital of colonial Guatemala through the rest of the 16th century, the 17th century, and most of the 18th century, until it was severely damaged by the 1773 Guatemala earthquake.
Consejo Nacional para la Protección de la Antigua (n.d.), Guía del Consejo Nacional para la protección de la Antigua (in Spanish), Guatemala; De Guate (2012). "El Terremoto de Santa Marta". De Guate (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2014; Gobierno de Guatemala (1907). Álbum de Minerva 1907 (in Spanish). Vol.
A map of Guatemala. Guatemala is mountainous, except for the south coastal area and the vast northern lowlands of Petén department. The country is located in Central America and bounded to the north and west by Mexico, to the east by Belize and by the Gulf of Honduras, to the east by Honduras, to the southeast by El Salvador, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.
Santa Catalina Arch. The Santa Catalina Arch is one of the distinguishable landmarks in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, located on 5th Avenue North. [1] Built in the 17th century, it originally connected the Santa Catalina convent to a school, allowing the cloistered nuns to pass from one building to the other without going out on the street.
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The Valley of Guatemala is the territory in the country of Guatemala surrounding the historic city of Antigua Guatemala, [1] the old capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala. This territory contained the city of Santiago de los Caballeros , 2 large towns and 73 villages. [ 2 ]