Santiago Lafuente Profile
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I'm an architecture student from Guatemala heavily interested in cultural heritage.
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Antigua Guatemala
Santiago Lafuente Guatemala - 05-Jan-24
Located in a beautiful valley in the heart of Guatemala, its architecture, cultural landscape, history and contributions to the cultural development of Central America are unmatched. Its perfect climate allowed the construction of wide streets unlike other colonial cities that were built with narrow streets due to the hot climate. Its low and robust architecture is the product of the ingenuity mainly of the Guatemalan architect Diego de Porres who developed Barroco Sísmico after the earthquakes of 1717, a style that can be seen in the church of La Merced, Palacio de Ayuntamiento and Arco de Santa Catalina to name a few examples
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Santiago Lafuente Guatemala - 05-Jan-24
I visited Santo Tomás Chichicastenango for the first time on market day in the summer of 2021 and recently in winter of 2023 on a regular day. I am proudly Guatemalan and I have lived my entire life in this beautiful country, so since I was a child I have heard about Chichicastenango, because it is a cultural and historical milestone among us chapines. It is from there that many of the finest and oldest crafts and embroideries come from, many of which are later sold in the towns of Lake Atitlán and in Antigua Guatemala. This little town also stands out for being the largest indigenous market in America where the 86 cantons (districts) of the area meet to trade every Thursday and Saturday, many of these made up of families of different Mayan ethnic groups.
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- Name
- Santiago Lafuente
- Country
- Guatemala
- Most Impressive
- Tikal National Park
- Proposal
- El Mirador / Santuarios del Sincretismo Religioso de Guatemala / Teatro Nacional, Centro Cívico and the modernist architecture of Ciudad de Guatemala
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 08.03.24
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Visited TWHS
- Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
- Castle of San Felipe de Lara (T)
- Central Park (T)
- National Theater of Guatemala (T)
- Protected area of Lake Atitlán: multiple use (T)
- Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation (T)
- Route of the Peace and National Identity (T)
- Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation (T)
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Ruta Colonial Transístmica de Panamá) (T)
- The Manglares Route of Pacific Coast of Guatemala (T)
- Town of Chichicastenango (T)
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