The Holy Spirit Cathedral ( es, Catedral del Espíritu Santo de Quetzaltenango) also called Quetzaltenango Cathedral, is a

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church in

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. It was founded by the conquistadors, shortly after having defeated the legendary local hero Tecun Uman. The city was dedicated by the Spanish to the

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. This church, one of the first to be founded in Quetzaltenango, contains two of the most revered images of the region: The Divine Just Judge and the

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. The two images come out in procession on

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and during the holidays in October respectively. The present Cathedral suffered at least 3 changes in the last modification remained the facade.

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