[Palace of the Captains General, Antigua, Guatemala] – Historic Reproduction
![[Palace of the Captains General, Antigua, Guatemala], [193-?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e1/e1ec3960f138-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Palace of the Captains General, Antigua, Guatemala], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Palace of the Captains General, Antigua, Guatemala]
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Few buildings in Antigua Guatemala carry as much of its colonial history as the Palace of the Captains General, which served as the seat of Spanish colonial government for the Captaincy General of Guatemala. The city was the regional capital until earthquakes in 1773 led officials to move to a new site, and the ruins and surviving structures of Antigua's old administrative core remain among its best-known landmarks. This print comes from a series of views issued by the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C., which circulated images of Latin American architecture in the 1930s to encourage cultural ties across the hemisphere.
| Created / published | [193-?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Photo from Pan American Union, Washington, D.C. No. 376. |
| Subjects | Castles & palaces--Guatemala--Antigua--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,311 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178560 |
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