Antigua Guatemala

La Antigua Guatemala was the principal city of Guatemala after the first shipment (originally located in the Valley of Almolonga).

There was destroyed by the torrents of water down the volcano and relocated here in what is now La Antigua Guatemala.

Was destroyed by the earthquakes of Santa Marta in 1773 so the city was moved again to its final destination where it is now, in the Valle de la Ermita.

But La Antigua Guatemala has never lost its importance and its beauty. Many inhabitants thereof refused to move and tried to rebuild it so blasted authorities to complete some structures to discourage pushy.

, conservando intactos numerosos edificios. Her beauty, art and architectural styles make La Antigua Guatemala a unique city in the world, keeping intact many buildings. Some structures have been restored and even in its present state are of breathtaking beauty.

Beautiful and unique among beautiful colonial cities

Several cities in the world are remarkable for their beauty and history of colonial times as the city of Merida, Izamal, Valladolid (all in Mexico) and even Cuba, but none has so many features and qualities as La Antigua Guatemala, which keeps even its streets citywide.

No modern building interrupts the continuity of colonial architecture.

Among sources, government buildings, ancient dwellings and other buildings, now the city is all an amalgam of history, architecture and colonial resort.

History

After discovering this land so fertile and beautiful near the volcano of water, began to be populated in 1524 and later as a city founded in the year 1543. It was established as capital of the Kingdom has become one of the most important cities in the Americas.

As the new and most important city of the kingdom (in fact its capital) in a new continent, attracted and was the scene of great artists, sculptors and painters who dressed with the best of the time. This is a key factor to understand the reason for the flowering of all the colonial cities of social and political significance in America and especially in La Antigua Guatemala.

Your name

y por ello nos referimos en esta nota a la misma de esta manera. Perhaps as Guatemalans we sound funny, very used to call Antigua Guatemala, but his name as a city is La Antigua Guatemala and therefore in this paper we refer to it in this way.

It was after the destruction caused by the earthquakes of Santa Marta in 1773 as a city that his transfer was imminent and the crown two years later in 1775 authorizing such migration beginning to be called this way, "La Antigua Guatemala."

Memorial and Heritage

por la VIII Asamblea General del Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia y para noviembre de 1979 es declarada Patrimonio Mundial Cultural y Natural de la UNESCO, ahora todo un vestigio histórico de gran atractivo turístico para el mundo. The city was declared in July 1965 Monument of America City by the VIII General Assembly of the American Institute of Geography and History and November 1979 was declared World Cultural and Natural Heritage, now all a relic of great historic tourist attraction for the world.

Its streets, parks and historic buildings are visited by tourists from all over the world every day throughout the year. The favorable climate of the region make this colonial city into a tourist destination in all seasons available.

Among the largest and most visited attractions include:

• Church of San Pedro Hospital
• Church ruins and the Capuchin Convent
• Church and Monastery Collection
• Ruins, Santa Clara Church and Convent
• Church ruins and the Society of Jesus
• San Agustin Church
• Ermita de la Santa Cruz
• Iglesia de la Merced
• Arco de Santa Catalina
• Ruins of San Francisco
• Central Park and around the same for the four cardinal points: the Cathedral of San José, Palace of the Captains, the City Palace and Bakery Arcade others.
  

We will be visiting and posting information on these tourist attractions to share in this same section of La Antigua Guatemala to meet them.