Twilight on 5a Calle Oriente Toward Agua Volcano, Antigua

5a Calle Oriente runs east-west through the historic center of Antigua Guatemala, part of the city's original 16th-century grid laid out after the Spanish crown relocated its colonial capital here in 1543. Agua Volcano, a dormant stratovolcano rising to roughly 3,760 meters, stands just south of the city and gave Antigua its name after a 1541 mudslide from its slopes destroyed the earlier Spanish capital at its base. Antigua Guatemala's colonial street grid and surrounding volcanoes were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, recognizing the city's preserved Spanish Baroque architecture.

Taken February 2020