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Guatemala - La Merced Church, Antigua, Guatemala
Picture of La Merced Church (1552). La Antigua (Antigua UNESCO World Heritage Site), Department of Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Central America.
La Merced is the starting and ending point for the famous Good Friday procession of Antigua.
The Mercedarian order was established in Guatemala in 1538, and the order had built a church in Antigua by 1546. This church was destroyed by earthquakes in 1565, but subsequently rebuilt, only to be ruined again in the earthquakes of 1717. The present church of La Merced was finished in 1767, just six years before the Santa Marta quakes that led to the abandonment of Antigua as the capital.
Antigua Department of Sacatepequez Guatemala
picture id: 42_guant185
Guatemala - La Merced Church, Antigua, Guatemala
Picture of La Merced Church (1552). La Antigua (Antigua UNESCO World Heritage Site), Department of Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Central America.
La Merced is the starting and ending point for the famous Good Friday procession of Antigua.
The Mercedarian order was established in Guatemala in 1538, and the order had built a church in Antigua by 1546. This church was destroyed by earthquakes in 1565, but subsequently rebuilt, only to be ruined again in the earthquakes of 1717. The present church of La Merced was finished in 1767, just six years before the Santa Marta quakes that led to the abandonment of Antigua as the capital.
Antigua Department of Sacatepequez Guatemala
picture id: 42_guant185
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