Hopkid Says: Rebuilt on the remains of the first catedral built in Guatemala (1543), the current structure was built years after the devastating flood in 1531 that precipated the move of the capital to nearby Antigua. The current structure is a functioning church today and has a very...
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Rebuilt on the remains of the first catedral built in Guatemala (1543), the current structure was built years after the devastating flood in 1531 that...
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The First Capital of Colonial Guatemala

The Spanish based their colonial capital here in the foothills of Volcan Agua in 1527. Bad idea. How bad an idea was discovered in 1541 when a large quantity of water from Agua's crater (hence the...
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