Hillside House in Santa Cruz La Laguna, Guatemala

Hillside house in Santa Cruz La Laguna, Guatemala, surrounded by dense garden vegetation above Lake Atitlán.
Hillside house in Santa Cruz La Laguna, Guatemala, surrounded by dense garden vegetation above Lake Atitlán.

A hillside house in Santa Cruz La Laguna, Sololá Department, sits within dense vegetation above Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The dwelling uses a raised balcony, open upper level, and corrugated roofing suited to construction on the lake basin’s steep volcanic slopes. Santa Cruz La Laguna is one of several lakeshore communities where residences and lodgings are built into narrow terraces along the mountainside.

Photo taken in March 2020.

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