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Zone 14 |
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 |
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 |
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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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San José Fort and Theatre |
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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
monument (Better known as the Obelisk)
(Divides Zones 9 and 10
North and 13 and 14 South) |
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Zone 8 |
Torre del Reformador |
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Cerrito del Carmen (XVI century) it was the anchor to build the new
Guatemala City after the earthquakes 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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Colonial aqueduct, exit from Airport and Zoo |
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Handcraft in Central market |
The
original, destroyed in 1976 earthquake |
Central Market
Zone 1 |
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Central Market Handcrafts section
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
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,
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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 sports Zone
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) |
