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Private property. 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.
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 ...
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic: 1509–1560 Monastery: Oldest monastery in the Americas. [13] Church and Convent of los Dominicos: Santo Domingo Dominican Republic: 1510-1532 Convent and University: Oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas, and also, it was the headquarters of the first university in the Americas. [16] [17 ...
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The Santa Catalina Arch is one of the distinguishable landmarks in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, located on 5th Avenue North. [ 1] Built in the 17th century, it originally connected the Santa Catalina convent to a school, allowing the cloistered nuns to pass from one building to the other without going out on the street. A clock on top was ...
church. Parish of San José ( Spanish: Catedral de San José ), located in the city of Antigua Guatemala, is part of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala and is located in a section of the old Primate Cathedral of Antigua Guatemala, which was destroyed by the 1773 Guatemala earthquakes. The first construction of the cathedral began in 1545 ...
Convent and Church of the order of the Recollects. / 14.56056°N 90.74111°W / 14.56056; -90.74111. La Recolección Architectural Complex is a former church and monastery of the Order of the Recollects (Ordo Fratrum Minorum Recollectorum) and its adjacent park in Antigua, Guatemala. It is in the western part of the old city.
National Museum of Guatemalan Art. Museo Nacional de Arte de Guatemala (MUNAG) Facade of the Palace of the Captains General, where the museum is housed, 1979. Location within Guatemala. Location. Antigua Guatemala. Coordinates. 14°33′22″N 90°44′00″W / . 14.556155850576271°N 90.73342852087026°W.