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Zone 9 |
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) |
Comercial District Zones 9 and 10 |
Civic Center Zone 4 |
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 |
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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 |
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Efraín Recinos |
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) |
East view, from Civic center |
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Relief Map of Guatemala 1911, (Unique
in the world) Zone 2 |
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Los Próceres monumemt (Better known as the Obelisc)
(Divides Zones 9 and 10
North and 13 and 14 South) |
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night view Zone 9 |
Torre del Reformador |
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Cerrito del Carmen (XVI century) it was the anchor to build the new
Guatemala City after the earthquaques destroyed Antigua Guatemala on
1774 |
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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. |
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The
original, destroyed in 1976 earthquake |
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Central Market Handscraft section
Zone 1 |
Central Market
Zone 1 |
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Night Life in Zona Viva (Zone 10) |
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Zona
Viva at night Zone 10 |
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National Mail building Zone 1 (Now, The
Metropolitan Culture Center) |
Pinula Acueduct Zone
13 near the airport (Build in XVIII century, using the Culebra Monticule
that carried water to Kaminal Juyú) |
City Map (Downtown) |
Miraflore Museum (Includes
Modern art and archeological pieces from Kaminal
Juyú) 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 |
Contrast between old and new, Zone 4 Yurrita Church is at left |
Bank in Zone 10 |
National Cathedral in
Guatemala's Central Plaza, Zone 1 |
Kaminal Juyú mounds and museum Zones
7 and 11 |
Galerías Miraflores Zone 11, Shopping Mall and 8 movie teathers
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National Library and Hemerotech, Zone 1 |
Tikal Futura, Shopping Mall and Bussines centre, Zone 11 |
Colonial Door in Zone 1 |
Museo Nacional de Arquelogía e Historia, Zone 13 |
La Pradera Zone 10,
Shopping Mall also 5 movie theathers |
Galerías La
Pradera, Condado Concepción Shopping Mall (Guatemala's largest)
7 Movie teathers, including
an IMAX movie theather, Santa Catarina Pinula (Eastern Guatemala City Suburbs) |
