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Buildings and structures in [Antigua Guatemala]] — a city in Guatemala. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. Churches in Antigua ...
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Antigua Guatemala (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtiɣwa ɣwateˈmala]), commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque -influenced architecture and layout dating from that period.
The San Miguel earthquake severely impacted the city of Santiago de los Caballeros; the Royal Palace suffered some damage in rooms and walls. This earthquake made the authorities think about moving the city to a new location less vulnerable to earthquakes, but the city inhabitants strongly opposed this measure and they even went as far as to invade the Palace to make their point.
The first hospital in Antigua was founded by Hermano Pedro Betancourt, a Franciscan priest in the early 1600s in a small thatched hut near the present site of the Belen Convent. Brother Pedro became known for physically picking the sick and abandoned up in the streets and carrying them to his hospital in his arms or on his back.
Antigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-level, in an earthquake-prone region, it was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1773 but its principal monuments are still preserved as ruins.
Antigua Guatemala: 46,054 Sacatepéquez: 33 ... Major lakes (lagos) in Guatemala Lake Location Department (state administrative district) Amatitlán: 14.4500 -90.5667
Piggotts, also known as St Mark's Village, is a village in Saint George Parish on Antigua island in Antigua and Barbuda. It had a population of 1,478 in 2001. It had a population of 1,478 in 2001. It is located in the north of the island, to the east of the capital city of St. John's .