Ciudad Vieja
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Ciudad Vieja is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. According to the 2018 census, the town has a population of 32,802 and the municipality a population of 33,405. Ciu
View of the city
Volcán de Agua as seen from Ciudad Vieja in 2007.
Volcán de Agua
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Volcán de Agua is an extinct stratovolcano located in the departments of Sacatepéquez and Escuintla in Guatemala. At 3,760 m, Agua Volcano towers more than 3,500 m above the Pacific coastal plain to t
Ciudad Vieja
…their capital here in 1527, after their previous capital at Tecpán Guatemala became untenable. The city was destroyed by a catastrophic lahar from Volcan de Agua in 1541, and the survivors had no choice but to abandon the site. Among the casualties was the governor Beatriz de la Cueva. Jorge de Alvarado founded…
Volcán de Agua, seen from Antigua, Guatemala, with temporary street carpeting for Easter celebrations in foreground.
Volcán de Agua as seen from Santa María de Jesús in 1895. Photograph by Alfred Percival Maudslay.
Agua from near Antigua Guatemala's Central Park.