453:; but an examination of the crater shows this explanation to be improbable, as the break in the crater-wall is in an opposite direction, and no water flowing from it could have reached the town. Moreover, there is no evidence to show that the deeper portion of the crater, which is still intact, has held water since the reported outbreak. Indeed, an accumulation of water during the exceptionally heavy rain, through some temporary obstruction in one of the deep worn gullies which indent the beautiful slope of that great mountain, and a subsequent landslip would probably account for the damage done without the aid of either an eruption of water from the crater or the supernatural appearances which are duly noted by the old chroniclers."
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But it is noteworthy, that the authors talk with variety on this matters: each one of them talks about this fact based on the system that one follows. Thus, there is a group that says that the
Spaniards set the city temporarily in Almolonga, and therefore, the attest to the fact that the City was on
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On 27 September 1541, a commission formed by two auxiliary majors and eleven civilians set out to inspect the surrounding areas and advice on the best location to move the capital city to; the returned after two days, declaring that
Tianguecillo Valley was the place to go, and the Cabildo (English:
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on 11 September 1541; the mudslide brought along heavy rocks that destroyed part of the buildings and damaged the rest". The city was destroyed and the survivors had no direction, since governor
Beatriz de la Cueva died during the disaster, which took place shortly after her husband, Adelantado
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where she explains that water from the volcano crater could not have destroyed the old
Santiago: "The cause of this catastrophe is usually said to have been the bursting of the side of a lake which had been formed in the crater of the extinct
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Those who survived requested
Francisco de la Cueva to gather the Adelantado stick that belonged to his late sister and declared themselves on permanent session on 17 and 18 September 1541, finally appointing bishop
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is the modern name for the district that contains the ruins of the second colonial capital of the
Guatemala region. The Spaniards founded their capital here in 1527, after their previous capital at
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in 1527; but, according to historian
Domingo Juarros, there was already discrepancy on the exact location of the original placement of Ciudad Vieja back in 1818. In his book
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Juarros described that the settlement could not develop because fourteen years after its foundation it was ruined by a "formidable landslide that came down
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the location right to the East, in the place the natives call
Tzacualpa, resulting in that the first Almolonga settlement ended up being a barrio in
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visited the
Antigua Guatemala region as part of a journey through Guatemala's Maya and colonial archeological monuments, and climb the
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City Hall) issued a decree for everybody to move there. However, before they started to move, engineer
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in 1541, and the survivors had no choice but to abandon the site. Among the casualties was the governor
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using historical elements from the months leading to the destruction of Ciudad Vieja.
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This article is about a municipality in Guatemala. For the area of Montevideo, see
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became untenable. The city was destroyed by a catastrophic
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In 1895 Anne Cary Maudslay and her husband, archeologist
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Population of department and municipalities in Guatemala
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and Francisco de la Cueva himself as interim governors.
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The modern Ciudad Vieja municipality is surrounded by
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380:Compendio de la Historia de la Ciudad de Guatemala
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25:Municipality and town in Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
1467:Municipalities of the Sacatepéquez Department
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1054:Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
865:
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1320:
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1261:(in Spanish). Guatemala: Ignacio Beteta.
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1208:(in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from
1202:"Municipios de Sacatepéquez, Guatemala"
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1016:Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala
393:Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala
324:, the colonial capital of the country.
322:Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala
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1482:Populated places established in 1527
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54:Facade of the church of Ciudad Vieja
167:26.9 km (10.4 sq mi)
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367:as seen from Ciudad Vieja in 2007.
14:
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1289:Obras completas de don José Milla
1236:Asselbergs, Florine G.L. (2004).
1487:1527 establishments in New Spain
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461:Guatemalan writer and historian
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880:Places adjacent to Ciudad Vieja
384:Brief history of Guatemala City
1269:; Maudslay, Anne Cary (1899).
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498:Climate data for Ciudad Vieja
376:Captaincy General of Guatemala
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1146:Maudslay & Maudslay 1899
1095:Maudslay & Maudslay 1899
937:
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481:subtropical highland climate
246:Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv)
175:1,550 m (5,090 ft)
7:
1390:San Antonio Aguas Calientes
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894:San Antonio Aguas Calientes
687:Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
547:Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
196:1,200/km (3,200/sq mi)
10:
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1395:San Bartolomé Milpas Altas
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1492:16th century in Guatemala
1477:History of Guatemala City
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1267:Maudslay, Alfred Percival
1255:Juarros, Domingo (1818).
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1420:Santa Lucía Milpas Altas
438:Alfred Percival Maudslay
1415:Santa Catarina Barahona
1334:Sacatepéquez Department
1238:Conquered Conquistadors
1171:"Climate: Ciudad Vieja"
845:Sacatepéquez Department
431:Juan Bautista Antonelli
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1400:San Lucas Sacatepéquez
1380:Magdalena Milpas Altas
1284:Milla y Vidaurre, José
468:La hija del Adelantado
446:A glimpse at Guatemala
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302:Spanish pronunciation:
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1430:Santo Domingo Xenacoj
1410:Santiago Sacatepéquez
1158:Milla y Vidaurre 1898
463:José Milla y Vidaurre
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113:14.52333°N 90.76667°W
85:Location in Guatemala
1425:Santa María de Jesús
1022:Notes and references
1011:Geography portal
999:Guatemala portal
193: • Density
839:Geographic location
617:Daily mean °C (°F)
479:Ciudad Vieja has a
423:Francisco Marroquín
344:Beatriz de la Cueva
118:14.52333; -90.76667
109: /
1472:Colonial Guatemala
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328:San Miguel Escobar
278:Reference no.
185: • Total
164: • Total
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1040:Citypopulation.de
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372:Jorge de Alvarado
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298:Ciudad Vieja
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153:Sacatepéquez
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32:Ciudad Vieja
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1375:Jocotenango
116: /
1461:Categories
1360:Alotenango
1200:SEGEPLAN.
1180:August 19,
1027:References
970:Alotenango
965:Alotenango
382:(English:
314:department
311:Guatemalan
251:Designated
180:Population
148:Department
101:14°31′24″N
1342:Capital:
202:Time zone
172:Elevation
141:Guatemala
104:90°46′0″W
1435:Sumpango
1385:Pastores
1216:June 29,
986:See also
757:Average
243:Criteria
42:and town
826:(46.3)
806:(10.0)
791:(10.0)
752:(55.7)
747:(52.3)
742:(54.9)
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