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In 1979, Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, Quetzal Route director since the beginning of the Ruta (as it's called by the routers), proposed to the king Juan Carlos I of Spain his idea to form a trip for teenagers from Spain, Latin America and other countries of Asia and Europe, one which would promote intercultural exchange between the youth of Spanish speaking countries, as well as youngsters from ...
Martha Bolaños de Prado: 1963: Johannes Marré: 1963 Edwin M. Shook [4] 1968: Augustus Ledyard Smith: 1975: J. Eric S. Thompson: 1976: Carmen Lind Pettersen [5] 1977 Augusto Pinochet: 1977 Francis Robicsek, MD, PhD 1978 Josefina Alonzo Martínez: 1980: Tatiana Proskouriakoff: 1980: Kjell Magne Bondevik: 1985: Lee Teng-hui [6] 1987: Richard von ...
The quetzal plays a central role in Mesoamerican mythology and is associated with the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl. The word quetzal was originally used for just the resplendent quetzal , the long-tailed quetzal of Guatemala , (more specifically the area of Northern Guatemala known as the Petén) which is the national bird and the name of the ...
Tecun Uman [1] (1500? – February 20, 1524) was one of the last rulers of the K'iche' Maya people, in the Highlands of what is now Guatemala.According to the Kaqchikel annals, he was slain by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado while waging battle against the Spanish and their allies on the approach to Quetzaltenango on 12 February 1524.
The male resplendent quetzal boasts iridescent blue-green tail feathers measuring up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) long that were prized by the Maya elite. [12] The blue-green feathers symbolized vegetation and the sky, both symbols of life for the ancient Maya, while the bright red feathers of the bird's chest symbolized fire. [ 12 ]
Coins of the quetzal. In 1925, coins in denominations of 1, 5, 10 centavos, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 quetzal were introduced, although the majority of the 1 quetzal coins were withdrawn from circulation and melted. 1 ⁄ 2 and 2 centavo coins were added in 1932. Until 1965, coins of 5 centavos and above were minted in 72% silver.
The National Anthem of Guatemala (Spanish: Himno Nacional de Guatemala) [a] was an initiative of the government of General José María Reina Barrios. [b] Its music was composed by Rafael Álvarez Ovalle [] and its original lyrics written by Cuban poet and diplomat José Joaquín Palma, in the context of the cultural and industrial event Exposición Centroamericana of 1897.
San Juan Sacatepéquez (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwan sakateˈpekes]) is a city, with a population of 155,965 (2018 census) [2] making it the eighth largest in Guatemala, and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala, northwest of Guatemala City.