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PALACE OF THE CAPTAINS GENERAL

It's a An ecclesiastical and government building designated for the important places around the central plaza, also known as the Plaza Mayor, occupied by the first president of the Royal Audience of the Confines: Licentiate Alonso López Cerrato, who also served as governor and captain general. The building was originally small, with a coffered ceiling and a portal, a tiled roof, and adobe walls.

CATHEDRAL AND MAIN SQUARE

The Parish of San José, located in the city of Ancient, It is part of the archdiocese of Guatemala, destroyed by the Santa Marta earthquakes The first construction of the cathedral began in 1545 with rubble brought from the destroyed settlement in the Almolonga Valley.

CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO EL GRANDE

The sanctuary of SAN FRACIS EL GRANDE was built in the mid-16th century, but it suffered deterioration in 1565, after the Guatemalan state allowed the regular orders to have property in the country again and the Franciscans were returned the complex in 1967. The church is particularly known for housing the tomb of Peter

from San José de Betancur , missionary in Guatemala and saint of Spanish origin.

SANTO DOMINGO

It was a convent of monks in the year 1542, a convent where 120 friars lived,

This was active as such since 1773, before the Santa Marta earthquake, after the earthquake, the monks and other inhabitants moved to the capital city, in 1988, reconstruction began and it was converted into a spa museum, since then it began to grow so much that now it is a world-famous boutique hotel and convent

CAPUCHIN CONVENT

It was consecrated in 1736, it is one of the most visited convents in this

A colonial city, the building was originally called the Church and Convent of Our Lady of the Pillar of Zaragoza. It was the last convent founded in the city and the first to abandon the habit of demanding a dowry for new inmates, a circumstance that had prevented young people of limited resources from embracing religious life.