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Iglesia de San Francisco, Antigua Guatemala

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268: 312: 284:). This chapel was severely damaged in 1565 and during the next ten years donations were collected to build a new sanctuary located two blocks away in 1579. Parts of this construction, maybe the only ones in Antigua which date back to the 16th century, can be appreciated at one side of today's sanctuary. San Francisco el Grande became a significant religious and cultural center for the whole region. Theology, law, philosophy, physics and mathematics were taught at San Buenaventura College, located in today's monastery ruins. The college also favoured painters of the colonial era such as Cristóbal de Villalpando, Thomas de Merlo and Alonzo de la Paz. 48: 64: 434: 716: 118: 458: 376: 71: 446: 601: 323:. It has sixteen vaulted niches, each but the lowest two containing a saint or a friar. These include the Virgin Mary, San Diego de Alcalá, San Antonio de Padua, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Clara, Santiago, and Santa Isabel from Hungary. At the entrance of the monastery there are some murals, in which there can be seen the images of some Franciscans friars with a skeleton. 399:, specifically the ones where Tarzan and his fellow explorers are captured by the Green Goddess worshipers and are about to be sacrificed. The filming of the movie took place entirely on location in Guatemala and was made also in 279:
arrived in Guatemala from Spain in 1530 they were assigned 120 villages by the civil authorities. They were the first to move to the Panchoy Valley in 1541 where they built a church at the site of today's School of Christ
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The chapel and cloister were expanded during the 17th century. In 1684 the structure was reinforced and withstood the earthquake of 1691. The church itself was built by
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and inaugurated in 1702. The 1717 earthquake damaged the structure severely. So did the earthquake of 1751. The site was partly destroyed during the
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The complete film serial of the News Adventures of Tarzan at Google Video (San Francisco ruins appear in the Goddess temple scenes)
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in 2002, is enshrined at the site. His tomb is visited by thousands of pilgrims each year to beg for favours and miracles.
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In 1935, the ruins of San Francisco -which was not rebuilt until 1967- were used to film several scenes of the movie
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The altarpieces inside the church were richly decorated with painting and sculptures of famous contemporary artists.
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and has been reconstructed in parts but areas of ruin still remain. The fountain of the main corridor was taken to
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Its facade, with twisted salomonic columns, is typical of the Spanish-American baroque and is similar to that of
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atrium in 1944. The colonial image of the Virgin located behind the main altar fell down during the
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and one of the sanctuaries most frequented by the local population because of the shrine of
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San Francisco Church ruins in 1875; the Green Goddess temple scenes of the movie
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Its bell and clock towers from the 17th and 19th centuries remain in ruins.
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18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Guatemala
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Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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were filmed at this location in 1935. Photograph by
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Iglesia de San Francisco, Antigua Guatemala is located in Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala
Guatemala
Coordinates
14°33′14.04″N 90°43′45.8394″W / 14.5539000°N 90.729399833°W / 14.5539000; -90.729399833
Santa Marta earthquake
1917 Guatemala earthquake
1976 Guatemala earthquake
Franciscans
Antigua Guatemala
Guatemala
Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur

Franciscan missionaries
Diego de Porres
1773 earthquake
La Merced's
1976 earthquake

San José Cathedral
Stations of the Cross
Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur
Spanish
beatified
canonized

The New Adventures of Tarzan
Eadweard Muybridge

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