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Freight transport was the main business of Ferrovías Guatemala. Guatemala rail map of 1925. Construction of the first railway in Guatemala commenced in 1878 [1] and the first section began operation in 1880, connecting Puerto San José and Escuintla, [1] [2] being extended to Guatemala City in 1884. [1]
"Las Trece Rosas" (the Thirteen Roses) is the name given in Spain to a group of thirteen young women who were executed by a Francoist firing squad on 5 August 1939, just after the conclusion of the Spanish Civil War.
13 Roses (Spanish: Las 13 Rosas) is a 2007 Spanish-Italian film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro.It stars Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Verónica Sánchez and Marta Etura.The plot, based on a true story, follows the tragic fate of Las Trece Rosas, fighting for their ideals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Adtranz–CAF EMU built by CAF and Adtranz. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (Grupo CAF, lit. ' Construction and Other Railway Services ') is a Spanish publicly listed company which manufactures railway vehicles and equipment and buses through its Solaris Bus & Coach subsidiary.
She fell in love with the Cuban hero and poet José Martí when he arrived to Guatemala in 1876, and her untimely death gave rise to the legend of La Niña de Guatemala. Due to the similarity in their names, she is often confused with María Josefa. Guatemalan Poet José Batres Montúfar, piano pupil and friend of María Josefa García Granados.
Casillas is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Santa Rosa. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. [2] The town's population was 7,698 at the 2018 census. The spoken language is Spanish. Nearby villages include El Jute, Minas, Guadalupe, Chapas, San Juan Tapalapa, El Palmar.
The Guatemala City Railway Museum, officially Museo del Ferrocarril FEGUA, is located in the main railway station in Guatemala City, Guatemala. [ 1 ] The museum has a collection of steam and diesel locomotives, passenger carriages and other rolling stock and items connected with the railway.
A two real coin with the image of General Rafael Carrera, president of Guatemala between 1844 and 1865 and founder of the Republic of Guatemala in 1847. He was the first mestizo ruler of Latin America, and used Mataquescuintla as the center of operations for his military actions; he had the support of the mestizo and indigenous peasants of the region.