"La Beba in Antigua Guatemala " a Antigua Guatemala Travel Page by la_beba

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Antigua Guatemala, beautiful Colonial City where the time is halt was founded on March 10 of 1543 on the Valle de Panchoy by the Spanish Francisco de la Cueva; built for it to be seat of Guatemala's Kingdom, and included Centroamerica, Chiapas and Tabasco.
Antigua (or Antigua Guatemala de los Caballeros), it's South from Guatemala, capital of Sacatep?quez Department near Guatemala City, Central America.
For more than 450 years, Antigua keep architectonic characters of the cities that shoot up in the Hispanic America in XVI century and keep the magic that mix the Spanish and native culture.

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Antigua is a colonial jewel of the New World that save the image from a typical Spanish city from XVII century.
Although Antigua was not as opulent an wealthy as Mexico City or Lima, it was one of the most beautiful cities in the Spanish World. All its buildings, walls, and history make Antigua Guatemala the third Mayan World's Principal City.
Antigua Guatemala, was declared by UNESCO "Cultural And Natural World's Patrimonial Monumental", Antigua is center of colonial glazed ceramics, objects of wood, candies, and natives dress, that you can get in countries natives like: San Felipe, Santa Maria de Jesus, San Antonio Aguas Calientes.