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The Holy Church Cathedral Metropolitan Basilica of Santiago de Guatemala also Metropolitan Cathedral, officially Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, is the main church of Guatemala City and of the Archdiocese of Guatemala (Archidioecesis Guatimalensis). [1] It is located at the Parque Central in the center of the city.
In Spanish colonial times, Guatemala City was a small town. It had a monastery called El Carmen, founded in 1620 (this was the second hermitage).The capital of the Spanish Captaincy General of Guatemala, covering most of modern Central America, was moved here after a series of earthquakes — the Santa Marta earthquakes that started on July 29, 1773 — destroyed the old capital, Antigua. [2]
Its 1,700-year history spans a period that saw the transition from the Olmec civilization to the emergence of Early Mayan culture. Tak’alik Ab’aj had a primary role in this transition, in part because it was vital to the long-distance trade route that connected the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in today's Mexico to present-day El Salvador.
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)
Guatemala City (Spanish: Ciudad de Guatemala, also known nationally colloquially by the nickname as Guate), is the national capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala. [4] It is also a municipality capital of the Guatemala Department and the most populous urban metropolitan area in the region of Central America .
1813 – Cathedral of Guatemala City inaugurated. [3] 1823 – City becomes part of the United Provinces of Central America. 1831 – Sociedad Economica museum established. [5] 1835 – Capital relocated from Guatemala city to San Salvador. [2] 1858 – Theatre founded. [5] 1874 - Earthquake. [5] 1879 – Gas street lighting installed. [6]
Antigua Guatemala means "Old Guatemala" and was the third capital of Guatemala, formerly called "Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala". The first capital of Guatemala was founded on the site of a Kaqchikel -Maya city, named Iximche , on Monday, July 25, 1524—the day of Saint James—and therefore named Ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros ...
The history of Guatemala traces back to the Maya civilization (2600 BC – 1697 AD), with the country's modern history beginning with the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in 1524. By 1000 AD, most of the major Classic-era (250–900 AD) Maya cities in the Petén Basin , located in the northern lowlands, had been abandoned.