Antigua Guatemala
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How it came to be
The capital of Guatemala, Santiago de los Caballeros, was first set up in 1524 at the Kaqchikel Maya site of Iximche and moved to the Almolonga valley in 1527. That second capital was destroyed on 11 September 1541 by a lahar from the Volcán de Agua.
On 10 March 1543 the Spanish founded a third capital in the Panchoy valley. At about 1,530 m above sea level, it served as the seat of the Captaincy General of Guatemala for some 230 years, and in 1676 a royal decree of Carlos II of Spain allowed it to found a university.
The Santa Marta earthquakes of 1773 destroyed much of the town, and in 1776 the Spanish Crown ordered the capital moved to a new valley, where Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, today's Guatemala City, was built. The old city became known as La Antigua Guatemala; it was declared a national monument in 1944 and inscribed in 1979.
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