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La Antigua (other)
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La Antigua may refer to: * La Antigua Guatemala * La Antigua, Veracruz, Mexico * La Antigua, León, Spain See also *Antigua (other) Antigua can refer to: Places *Antigua, an island in the Caribbean *Antigua and Barbuda, the nation of which the island of Antigua is part *Antigua Guatemala, a city in the central mountains of Guatemala *Antigua, Fuerteventura, a municipality of Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala (), commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque-influenced architecture and layout dating from that period. These characteristics had it designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Antigua Guatemala serves as the capital of the homonymous municipality and the Sacatepéquez Department. Population The city had a peak population of some 60,000 in the 1770s; the bulk of the population moved away in the late 18th century. Despite significant population growth in the late 20th century, the city had only reached half that number by the 1990s. At the time of the 2007 census, the city had 34,685 inhabitants. History ''Antigua Guatemala'' means "Old Guatemala" and was the third capital of Guatemala. The first capital of Guatemala was founded on the site of a Kakchikel-Maya city, now called Iximche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Antigua, Veracruz
La Antigua is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city of José Cardel serves as the municipal seat. La Antigua is regarded as the first real Spanish town in Mexico. History In prehispanic times, La Antigua was populated by a totonac settlement called Huitzilapan, which in Nahuatl means "in the river of the hummingbirds." The town of La Antigua was first known as ''Vera Cruz Vieja'' (Old "Vera Cruz"), as it was the settlement for the city of Veracruz from 1525 to 1599, when the settlement moved to the actual place where the port stands. The place was chosen due to its better protection from the north winds and the inhospitable sandy areas of the area of San Juan de Ulúa. The oldest church in the Americas was founded here by Hernán Cortés in the early 16th century. The majority of the commercial traffic of the Iberian Peninsula and New Spain arrived through La Antigua for approximately 75 years. At the end of the 16th century, when the Spanish returned to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Antigua, León
La Antigua (''L'Antigua'' in Leonese language) () is a municipality (pop. 606) in the province of León León (, , ; ; ) is a province of northwestern Spain in the northern part of the Region of León and in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the cap ..., Spain. References Municipalities in the Province of León {{León-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
