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
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.
Volcán de Agua as seen from Ciudad Vieja in 2007.
Agua from near Antigua Guatemala's Central Park.
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
Volcán de Agua
…conquistadors also called it Hunapú until a lahar from the volcano on September 10, 1541, destroyed the original capital of Guatemala (now known as Ciudad Vieja), after which the capital was moved to Antigua Guatemala. Among the casualties was the governor Beatriz de la Cueva. As the lahar produced a destructive…
View of the city