San José Cathedral and Volcán de Agua Over Antigua Guatemala

The Catedral de San José faces Parque Central in Antigua Guatemala, its current facade dating to a 1680 rebuilding after earlier quakes destroyed the original 1543 structure. Much of the cathedral's nave and rear chapels collapsed in the 1773 Santa Marta earthquake, which prompted colonial authorities to relocate the capital to present-day Guatemala City. Only the front portion was later restored for regular use, while ruins of the old naves remain behind it. Volcán de Agua, rising to about 3,760 meters, takes its name from a 1541 mudslide that destroyed the original Spanish capital at Ciudad Vieja. Antigua Guatemala's historic center was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 for its preserved Spanish colonial layout and architecture.

Taken February 2020