Temple of Minerva (Guatemala)
The Temple of Minerva was a Greek style temple erected in Guatemala City by the government of president Manuel Estrada Cabrera in 1901 to celebrate the Fiestas Minervalias.[1] Soon, the main cities in the rest of Guatemala built similar structures as well.
Temples built in the Republic
Several Temples of Minerva were built across Guatemalapor toda la república de Guatemala, and a few of them still stand:[2]
| Departament | Image | Number of temples | Opening date | Condition in the 21st century[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baja Verapaz |  |
1 | 1916 | Still standing |
| Chimaltenango |  |
1 | 20 April 1909 | Demolished |
| Chiquimula |  Chiquimula  Quezaltepeque |
3 | 27 October 1907 | Still standing |
| Escuintla |  | 2 | Plaza de los Cocales (1906) y Escuintla (1916) | Demolished |
| Huehuetenango |  | 4 | 1904 | Still standing |
| Jalapa |  | 1 | 1909 | Still standing |
| Quetzaltenango |  | 3 | N/A | Still standing |
| Sacatepéquez |  | 1 | N/A | Demolished |
See also
Notes and references
Notes
References
- ↑ Carrera Mejía n.d., p. 1.
- ↑ Carrera Mejía n.d., p. 5
- ↑ Carrera Mejía n.d., p. 4.
- ↑ Gobierno de Guatemala 1907, p. 102.
Bibliography
- Arévalo Martínez, Rafael (1945). ¡Ecce Pericles! (in Spanish). Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional.
- Carrera Mejía, Mynor (n.d.). Las Fiestas de Minerva en Guatemala, 1899-1919: El ansia de progreso y de civilización de los liberales (in Spanish). Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica.
- Diario de Centro América (30 October 1899). "Fiestas de Minerva". Diario de Centro América (in Spanish) (Guatemala).
- Gobierno de Guatemala (1907). Álbum de Minerva 1907 (in Spanish) VII. Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional.
- Luján Muñoz, Jorge (1992). "Un ejemplo de uso de la tradición clásica en Guatemala: Las "Minervalias" establecidas por el presidente Manuel Estrada Cabrera" (PDF). Revista de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (in Spanish) (Guatemala) (2).
- Macías del Real, A. (1897). "El Arzobispo Ricardo Casanova y Estrada". La Ilustración Guatemalteca (in Spanish) (Guatemala: Síguere, Guirola y Cía) I (17).
- Mendoza, Juan M. (1940). Enrique Gómez Carrillo. Estudio crítico-biográfico. Su vida, su obra y su época (in Spanish). Tomo II. Guatemala: Unión Tipográfica, Muñoz Plaza y Cía.
- Valladares, Manuel (3 April 1928). "El tinterillo en el poder". Nuestro Diario (in Spanish) (Guatemala).
External links
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Coordinates: 14°37′22″N 90°31′53″W / 14.6228°N 90.5314°W
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