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Main altarpiece of St.Michael archangel Metropolitan Cathedral.. Spanish colonial art in Honduras began to develop once the process of conquests and colonization of the territory began to consolidate, although by the middle of the 16th century with the founding of cities by the conquerors, churches began to be built that carried Roman Catholic artistic pieces.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Arts and Sports (informally Culture Secretary) is a Honduras secretary of State responsible for the formulation, coordination, implementation and evaluation of policies relating to research, rescue and dissemination of the cultural heritage, arts education and the identification, preservation and protection of historical and cultural heritage of the nation ...
The National Academy of Drawing, "Natural Chiaroscuro" was created in 1934 under the direction of Carlos Zúñiga Figueroa and, by 1938, the Escuela de Artes y Oficios (a school for traditional handicrafts) emerged. In that same year, the division of artistic drawing was opened, which led to the creation of the National School of Fine Arts.
The building was built in the 1940s as the Hotel Panamericano, that for some time was the most important hotel in the capital of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. As a hotel, it lodged diplomats and other important people for a long time. During the 1950s and 1960s, the building housed some of the medical and chemistry departments of UNAH.
Honduras is divided into 18 departments (Spanish: departamentos).Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras.The governor represents the executive branch in the region in addition to acting as intermediary between municipalities and various national authorities; resolves issues arising between municipalities; oversees the penitentiaries and prisons in ...
Throughout its history, the Garífuna have settled on the Atlantic coast of Honduras, being the departments of Islas de la Bahía, Cortés, Atlántida and Colón where the largest number of Honduran Garífunas are concentrated. This territory has allowed this group to depend on the marine resources provided by the northern coast of Honduras.
The first presidential house in the city of Tegucigalpa was a two-story wooden building built by Juan Judas Salavarría, located on the south west side of Plaza de la Merced. Today it is the ground floor of the current Legislative Palace.
In January 2014, the government of Honduras approved a general budget of 183,635,281,000 lempiras ($9 billion), allocated as follows: 179.681 million for the executive branch; 1.864 million for the judicial branch; 2.089 million for the legislative branch [5] [full citation needed]