Rooftop View of Volcán de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Taken February 2020
Volcán de Agua rises to 3,760 meters south of Antigua Guatemala, its symmetrical cone a defining landmark of the Panchoy Valley. The volcano takes its name — "water" — from a 1541 mudslide and flood that destroyed the early Spanish capital of Ciudad Vieja, prompting colonial authorities to relocate the capital to the site of present-day Antigua. It last erupted in 1543 and is now dormant, in contrast to the active Fuego volcano nearby. Corrugated metal roofing, common throughout Antigua's historic district, covers many of the colonial-era buildings within the city's UNESCO World Heritage site, designated in 1979.
Taken February 2020
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