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Santiago de Los Caballeros: Santiago de Los Caballeros was...
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  • Santiago de Los Caballeros was the first planned city in the New World.
    Its layout was assigned to the architect Juan Bautista Antonelli. He oriented streets and avenues a grid- like pattern, starting from the Central Plaza and extending from north to south and from east to west to from the core of the city.
    As time went by, communities dedicated to specific crafts or industries developed around it, forming small towns, now part of modern Antigua.

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    Santiago de Los Caballeros: The foundations of the first...
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  • The foundations of the first cathedral built in the new city of Santiago were laid in 1542, using the debris brought in by bishop Marroquin from Cuidad Vieja, the previous capital. Its construction and continuos repairs lasted throughout the rest of the century, caused by the delays from lack of funds and the earthquakes of 1651, 63, and 66.
    The original roof was made of straw, which was later replaced with wood and a carved paneled ceiling. The demolition of this first cathedral began in 1669 in order to build the second cathedral at the same site. This was inaugurated eleven years later.

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