back to Guatemala... (part 2 of 3)
A must-visit place in Guatemala is the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala, known for the old architecture, magnificent churches, catholicism, and now days also for the Spanish schools.
I remember when I was a kid, family friends who lived abroad and visited would take us for a day trip to Antigua. As I grew older, I found my way to Antigua with the Boy Scouts in order to climb the volcano that's right next to the city, or with friends just to bar hop.
This time it was family time... so we went there for a day trip.
Here are the pics;
PART 2: ANTIGUA GUATEMALA
We started with breakfast at a place on the road. It gave us an opportunity to fool around with my niece and nephew.
Antigua Guatemala was the 3rd. capital city of Guatemala until 1775, when it was destroyed by a mud slide from Volcano of Water. For more than 200 years it served as the seat of the military governor of the Spanish colony of Guatemala, what now is present-day Central America and the southernmost State of Mexico: Chiapas. In 1566 King Felipe II of Spain gave it the title of "Muy Noble y Muy Leal" ("Very Noble and Very Loyal"). The city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Arch of the Saint Catherine Convent.
My siblings and I. My brother Ricardo and sister Rosinna. I'm the youngest.
We walked around and came to La Merced Church. The building is an excellent representation of the colonial Guatemalan architecture of the time. (one can find it in books)
La Merced interiors.
Altar to the Virgin of Sorrows, La Merced. She would go out in procession two days later.
Public water fountains... people back in the 1700's would come here and to their laundry here by hand. This fountain still works, and some peasants that come to the city for the day still use it.
We paid a visit to the tomb of Brother Pedro, the first Saint from Guatemala. When John Paul II visited in 2002, it was for Brother Pedro's canonization.
Holy Week in Antigua is very well known... there were the Stations of the Cross put out on display by the Christ School Church, which had its procession on Good Friday.
More Stations.
I now notice that most of my pictures of buildings in Antigua include a yellow structure. Coincidence. lol
We couldn't leave Antigua without watching a procession... so we went looking for the one from the neighboring town of San Felipe as it entered Antigua.
Jesus, San Felipe Church.
Madonna, San Felipe Church.
Madonna, San Felipe Church.
I took this pic 'cause I thought it was interesting the contrast in colors and clothes between the girl with the cell phone and the statute of the madonna and the other women around.
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I remember when I was a kid, family friends who lived abroad and visited would take us for a day trip to Antigua. As I grew older, I found my way to Antigua with the Boy Scouts in order to climb the volcano that's right next to the city, or with friends just to bar hop.
This time it was family time... so we went there for a day trip.
Here are the pics;
PART 2: ANTIGUA GUATEMALA
We started with breakfast at a place on the road. It gave us an opportunity to fool around with my niece and nephew.
Antigua Guatemala was the 3rd. capital city of Guatemala until 1775, when it was destroyed by a mud slide from Volcano of Water. For more than 200 years it served as the seat of the military governor of the Spanish colony of Guatemala, what now is present-day Central America and the southernmost State of Mexico: Chiapas. In 1566 King Felipe II of Spain gave it the title of "Muy Noble y Muy Leal" ("Very Noble and Very Loyal"). The city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Arch of the Saint Catherine Convent.
My siblings and I. My brother Ricardo and sister Rosinna. I'm the youngest.
We walked around and came to La Merced Church. The building is an excellent representation of the colonial Guatemalan architecture of the time. (one can find it in books)
La Merced interiors.
Altar to the Virgin of Sorrows, La Merced. She would go out in procession two days later.
Public water fountains... people back in the 1700's would come here and to their laundry here by hand. This fountain still works, and some peasants that come to the city for the day still use it.
We paid a visit to the tomb of Brother Pedro, the first Saint from Guatemala. When John Paul II visited in 2002, it was for Brother Pedro's canonization.
Holy Week in Antigua is very well known... there were the Stations of the Cross put out on display by the Christ School Church, which had its procession on Good Friday.
More Stations.
I now notice that most of my pictures of buildings in Antigua include a yellow structure. Coincidence. lol
We couldn't leave Antigua without watching a procession... so we went looking for the one from the neighboring town of San Felipe as it entered Antigua.
Jesus, San Felipe Church.
Madonna, San Felipe Church.
Madonna, San Felipe Church.
I took this pic 'cause I thought it was interesting the contrast in colors and clothes between the girl with the cell phone and the statute of the madonna and the other women around.
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