San Antonio Palopó
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San Antonio Palopó is a municipality in the Sololá Department of Guatemala. The village is on the eastern shore of Lake Atitlán. The lowest elevation is 1,562 metres (5,125 ft) at the shoreline. The people of the region are Cakchiquel Maya with a distinctive style of clothing. The patron saint of the village is St. Anthony of Padua. The annual festival takes place on 13 June.
A view of San Antonio Palopó in 1895. Photograph by Alfred Percival Maudslay.
School children from San Antonio Palopó in 1895. Children attended school three hours a day, even though they did not know any Spanish and their ladino teacher did not know their native language. Photograph by Alfred Percival Maudslay.
Men from San Antonio Palopó in 1895; due to their reluctance to have their picture taken, Maudslay and his wife had to beg this group to have the picture made.
Lake Atitlán
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Lake Atitlán is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range. The lake is located in the Sololá Department of southwestern Guatemala. It is known as the deepest lake in Central America.
Seen from the Space Shuttle. Volcán San Pedro is at the left of the image; Panajachel is the largest white patch along the upper right shore. North is to the top of the image.
A view across Lake Atitlán from Panajachel to Volcán San Pedro
Panorama view of the lake as seen from the top of Volcán San Pedro, or from the top towards the bottom of the satellite photo on the top of this page
San Pedro la Laguna and Volcán San Pedro