Facade of Iglesia y Convento de la Compañía de Jesús, Antigua

The Compañía de Jesús complex in Antigua Guatemala was built by the Jesuit order, with construction on this church completed in 1699. Spain's 1767 expulsion of the Jesuits emptied the building before earthquakes later in that century left the facade and nave in ruins. The surviving entrance shows the churrigueresque style common to Antigua's late Baroque churches, with niches that once held statues of saints. Restoration work in recent decades has stabilized the ruins, and part of the former convent now houses a cultural center and hotel built around the old cloisters.