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The National Anthem of Guatemala (Spanish: Himno Nacional de Guatemala) [a] was an initiative of the government of General José María Reina Barrios. [b] Its music was composed by Rafael Álvarez Ovalle [] and its original lyrics written by Cuban poet and diplomat José Joaquín Palma, in the context of the cultural and industrial event Exposición Centroamericana of 1897.
The Días Patrios, or Patriotic Days, are national holidays celebrated in Guatemala commemorating its declaration of independence on 15 September 1821 with the former United Provinces of Central America (later reorganized / renamed the Federal Republic of Central America, (up to 1847, then seceding with a second declaration of independence, becoming the current Republic of Guatemala), from the ...
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.
In 1773, the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was destroyed by the 1773 Guatemala earthquake ("Santa Marta earthquakes"); but as the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes -or "Oratorio de la Merced", as it was known in the 19th century- was not it suffered major damage because it was practically new, it was still open for ...
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).
Semana Santa [4] Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are official holidays. May 1 Labour Day: Día del Trabajo: Also called International Workers' Day: June 30 Army Day: Día del Ejército: August 15 Assumption Day: Día de la Asunción: Assumption of Mary into Heaven (only in Guatemala City) September 15 Independence Day: Día de ...
Guatemala: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. {}: |journal= ignored ; Flores Moreno, Nery Osvaldo; et al. (2010). "Diagnóstico financiero municipal". Diagnóstico socioeconómico: potentialidades productivas y propuestas de inversión. Municipio de San Juan Cotzal, departamento de El Quiché.
Santo Domingo Church and Monastery is a ruined monastery in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. Its history can be traced back to 1538 when the Dominicans arrived in Guatemala. It had two towers with ten bells and the monastery was filled with treasures. The monastery was destroyed in the 1773 Santa Marta earthquake.