jump to the content

Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

Guatemala (Latin America and the Caribbean)

Date of Submission: 23/09/2002
Criteria: (i)(iv)(v)(vi)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
Ministry of Culture and Sports
Coordinates:
Highland of Guatemala
Ref.: 1759

Description

It comprends an approximate legacy of 27 Churches, some hermitages and oratories built during the time of Spanish dominance (1524-1821) under the direction of the order of Preachers of Santo Domingo, with the purpose of supporting the incorporation of the local natives, descending of the Mayan, to the Spanish productive process. This situation explains the stylistic unit of the buildings, as well as the presence in the same of great quantity of works of art, used with didactic ends and religious that still charge life in the region like fundamental elements inside the local ideological unit.