Guatemala city Walking Tour and public bus

Banco Credito Hipotecario Nacional, Social Security Offices.

Recinos Engineer was solely responsible for the monitoring, construction and creative development of what we know today as the Guatemalan Cultural Center "Miguel Ángel Asturias"

ue known as Hospital Street, exactly on the 2nd. South Avenue and 10th. Street, but in 1935, the then president Jorge Ubico decided to start a new construction for the operation of the National Typography.

Originally it was on the top of "Cerro del Cielito" at the end of the sixth avenue of the Historic Center of Guatemala City. In 1936 it was converted into the National Museum of History and later it was demolished to extend one of the main roads of Guatemala City.

It is a Catholic temple that belongs to the conventual Franciscan friars and is located in the Historic Center of Guatemala City.

iones, was designed by Rafael Pérez de León and Enrique Riera and was built at the time of Jorge Ubico's government. The construction of the building began in 1938 and two years later, as part of the president's birthday celebration, the first phase was inaugurated. Two other subsequent phases were completed in the next five years.

It is now the headquarters of the Foundation of the Historic Capital Center.

in Guatemala, surrounded to the north by the National Palace, former seat of the Government, to the east by the Metropolitan Cathedral, to the south by the Portal of Commerce, and to the west for the Centennial Park and the National Library of Guatemala. It is located on the Sixth Avenue of Zone 1, in Guatemala City. In the Plaza, some of the most important events in the country are held, such as the celebrations and parades of the Independence Day of Guatemala, concerts, speeches, among others. It has also been the scene of the comparsas and strong criticisms of the government of the Huelga de todos los Dolores a parade of the students of the University of San Carlos and of demonstrations and protests against the Guatemalan government. The main entrance of the National Palace is kilometer zero of all roads in the Republic of Guatemala.

The Metropolitan Cathedral has gone through countless events for over 200 years, including two major earthquakes, independence and a revolution. ... On July 23, 1860, the new Carrara marble altar was placed in the Cathedral.

large plot to the east of the Cathedral, as an abandoned square - old Plazuela de El Sagrario - and a semi-destroyed temple, which served as a chapel of the Sagrario itself, then in building. There was also a cemetery, closed for excess burials, made since the transfer of the Capital to the La Ermita Valley. Dr. Mariano Gálvez conceived the idea of ​​converting that unhygienic square into a market that met public requirements, and for that, as a first providence, he arranged to move the cemetery to the large land called San Juan de Dios. The premature exhumation of newly buried corpses was attributed to the appearance of morbid cholera, so the work had to be paralyzed. In addition, the stubborn opposition of the ecclesiastical authorities had to be overcome, since it was a sacred place and belonged to the Church.

the old Pavón House, located on the Paseo de la Sexta and 10 street of the Historic Center, was revitalized to accommodate a new guest: the bakery and the most cozy restaurant of the San Martín chain.