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Ruin Attractions In Guatemala City

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Guatemala City , locally known as Guatemala or Guate, officially Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala, and the most populous in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nestled in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita . It is estimated that its population is about 1 million. Guatemala City is also the capital of the Municipality of Guatemala and of the Guatemala Department.
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  • 1. Kaminaljuyu Guatemala City
    Kaminaljuyu is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization that was primarily occupied from 1500 BC to AD 1200. Kaminaljuyu has been described as one of the greatest of all archaeological sites in the New World by Michael Coe, although its remains today – a few mounds only – are far less impressive than other Maya sites more frequented by tourists. When first mapped scientifically , it comprised some 200 platforms and pyramidal mounds, at least half of which were created before the end of the Preclassic period . Debate continues about the size, scale, and degree by which, as an economic and political entity, it integrated both the immediate Valley of Guatemala and the Southern Maya area.The known parts of Kaminaljuyu lie on a broad plain beneath roughly the western third of modern Gu...
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  • 3. Arco de Santa Catalina Antigua
    The Santa Catalina Arch is one of the distinguishable landmarks in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, located on 5th Avenue North. Built in the 17th century, it originally connected the Santa Catalina convent to a school, allowing the cloistered nuns to pass from one building to the other without going out on the street. A clock on top was added in the era of the Central American Federation, in the 1830s. The Guatemala Post Office Building in Guatemala City is based upon the arch. The Santa Catalina Arch, although technically owned by the Guatemalan government, is run by the Santos family, which includes Edgar Santos, Oscar Santos, and various other. The Santos family also owns a jade store called Reino del Jade and a hotel named Hotel El Convento.
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