Palacio de los Capitanes Generales in Antigua Guatemala

Yellow and white colonial building with arched windows on a plaza with pedestrians and parked cars.
Yellow and white colonial building with arched windows on a plaza with pedestrians and parked cars.

The Palacio de los Capitanes Generales anchors the south side of Antigua Guatemala's Parque Central. Built in the 18th century after an earthquake destroyed an earlier structure, it served as the seat of Spanish colonial government for the Kingdom of Guatemala, which then stretched from Chiapas to Costa Rica. Its double-tiered arcade of stone arches is a defining feature of the city's Baroque architecture, restored after further earthquake damage in 1976. Antigua's historic center, including this building, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Volcán de Agua rises behind the city to the south, one of three volcanoes framing the former capital.

Photo taken in February 2020.

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