Guatemala City Gallery
Sunset, view from Guatemala Zone 10 Pacaya Volcano in foreground | Air view El Trebol (divides zone 3 and 8 (North), 11 South and 7(west) | |
Commercial District Zones 9 and 10 | City View from Zone 1 | Zone 10 Hotels Area |
Bank Zone 9 | Tikal Futura Zone 11 | Bank zone 9 |
Bank Zone 9 | Monumment to John Paul II, zone 13 | Columbus Centre Zone 14 |
Apartament building Zone 14 | Centro Cívico zone 4 | Centro Cívico |
Plazuela España Zone 9 | Plazuela España Zone 9 | Centro Cívico zone 4, Vier from National Theatre |
Palacio Nacional de La Cultura Zone 1 General Jorge Ubico comissioned the construction in 1939, as the Goverment's Offices and was ignagurated on November 10, 1943, for his biryhday, now its a museum named National Palce of the Culture | ||
San José Fort and Theatre | ||
Centro Cultural Miguel Angel Asturias This theater was named after the Literature Nobel Prize winner, Miguel Angel Asturias. Its construction started in 1951, and the building was finally completed in 1978. Nine years later it was declared part of the National Heritage. With an area of 88,927 square meters, the building is designed to look like a seated jaguar, and with paralelism with the Agua and Pacaya Volcanos, It is the largest theater in Guatemala and regularly puts on popular music concerts, choral concerts, Folk, classic and modern ballets, as well as operas and zarzuelas (Spanish light operas). The facility includes a Camera theater for plays and conferences and an open-air theater. Designed By Architect Efrain Recinos (In Picture at left) | ||
Los Próceres monument (Better known as the Obelisk) (Divides Zones 9 and 10 North and 13 and 14 South) | ||
Torre del Reformador | ||
Cerrito del Carmen (XVI century) it was the anchor to build the new Guatemala City after the earthquakes destroyed Antigua Guatemala on 1774 | ||
La Aurora Zoo In december, 1924 was founded the Zoológico Nacional La Aurora, during the goverment of president José María Orellana. The area of the Zoológico La Aurora is some 3 sq Km, and has a rich collection of both, local and exotic fauna, it is located near the International Airport, Handcraft market and the National Museums in Zone 13. | ||
Colonial aqueduct, exit from Airport and Zoo | ||
Handcraft in Central market | Central Market Zone 1 | |
Central Market Handcrafts section Zone 1 | ||
Night Life in Zona Viva (Zone 10) | ||
Zona Viva at night Zone 10 | ||
Pinula Aqueduct Zone 13 near the airport (Build in XVIII century, using the Culebra Monticule that carried water to Kaminaljuyú) | Flower clock Zone 9 | |
Miraflores Museum (Includes Modern art and archeological pieces from Kaminaljuyú) Zone 11 | Night view Cathedral in first plane, Zone 1 | Avenida la Reforma on Sundays (just for walk or bikes) divides zone 9 (West and 10 East) |
Yurrita Church, Zone 4 | New La Aurora Airport | Bank in Zone 10 |
National Cathedral in Guatemala's Central Plaza, Zone 1 | Kaminaljuyú mounds and museum Zones 7 and 11 | Galerías Miraflores Zone 11, Shopping Mall and 8 movie theaters, |
National Library and Hemeroteca, Zone 1 | Tikal Futura, and Miraflores, Shopping Malls and Business centre, Zone 11 | Inguat Zone 4 |
National Museum of Archaeology | La Reforma | Zone 14, exclusive Residential area |
Campo de Marte, Public sportsZone 5 | La Pradera Zone 10, Shopping Mall also 5 movie theaters | Galerías La Pradera, Condado Concepción Shopping Mall (Guatemala's largest) 7 Movie theaters, including an IMAX movie theater, Santa Catarina Pinula (Eastern Guatemala City Suburbs) |