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Hotel Museo Casa Santo Domingo

In 1979 UNESCO declared the colonial city of La Antigua Guatemala as a World Cultural Heritage Site turning it to a recognized treasure of exceptional value before the eyes of the world. In the XVII, the Convent of Santo Domingo was one of the largest in America and in 1773, the earthquake of Santa Marta almost totally destroyed it.

In 1989, the project known as Casa Santo Domingo was developed with the primary objective of rescuing the vestiges of the Convent and Temple buried under tons of rubble.

Hotel entrance.

Central courtyard.

Door to a room.

Interior of a bedroom.

Hotel map.

Entrance to the Silver Museum.

Main Cloister and Fountain.

Church interior.
The interior of the Santo Domingo church is prepared to host a wedding banquet.


Main altar.
The entrance to the Colonial Museum is through a side door of the main altar.


Saint Jerome.
Saint Jerome, red and polychrome wood carving, 18th century.

  • Jerome (c. 342-347 – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.
  • The subject of "Jerome Penitent" first appears in the later 15th century in Italy; he is usually in the desert, wearing ragged clothes, and often naked above the waist. His gaze is usually fixed on a crucifix and he may beat himself with his fist or a rock.
  • See more at Jerome - Wikipedia.

San Joaquin.
San Joaquin, red and polychrome wood carving, 18th century.

  • Joachim was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. His feast day is 26 July, a date shared with Saint Anne.
  • The story of Joachim, his wife Anne (or Anna), and the miraculous birth of their child Mary, the mother of Jesus, was told for the first time in the 2nd-century apocryphal infancy-gospel the Gospel of James (also called Protoevangelium of James). Joachim was a rich and pious man, who regularly gave to the poor.
  • See more at Joachim - Wikipedia.

Pietà.
The Pietà (meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the mortal body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross.

  • It is most often found in sculpture. The Pietà is a specific form of the Lamentation of Christ in which Jesus is mourned by sole privilege of the Virgin Mary alone, whilst representing her "sixth sorrow" and sometimes accompanied by a specific Marian title.
  • See more at Pietà - Wikipedia.

Archangel Saint Michael.
Archangel Saint Michael, wood carving, stewed, incarnated and polychrome, 18th century.

  • Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Michael the Taxiarch in Orthodoxy and Archangel Michael is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baha'i faith.
  • The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in 3rd- and 2nd-century BC Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic, where he is the chief of the angels and archangels and he is the guardian prince of Israel and is responsible for the care of Israel.
  • Christianity adopted nearly all the Jewish traditions concerning him, and he is mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7–12, where he does battle with Satan, and in the Epistle of Jude, where the author denounces heretics by contrasting them with Michael.
  • See more at Michael (archangel) - Wikipedia.

Mystery of birth.
Mystery of birth, red and polychrome wood carving, 18th century.

  • The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is described in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew.
  • The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judaea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.
  • See more at Nativity of Jesus - Wikipedia.

Divine Redeemer.
Divine Redeemer, incarnated wood carving, and polychrome, 17th century.

  • The Christ Child, also known as Divine Infant, Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, the Divine Child, Child Jesus, the Holy Child, Santo Niño, and to some as Señor Noemi refers to Jesus Christ from his nativity to age 12.
  • Colonial images of the Christ child also began to wear vestments, a pious practice developed by the santero culture in later colonial years, carrying the depiction of holding the globus cruciger, a bird symbolizing a soul or the Holy Spirit, or various paraphernalia related to its locality or region.
  • See more at Christ Child - Wikipedia.

Archangel Saint Michael and purgatory.
Purgatory is, according to the belief of some Christian denominations, an intermediate state after physical death for expiatory purification. The process of purgatory is the final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.

  • Through theology, literature, and indulgences, purgatory became central to late medieval religion and became associated with indulgences and other penitential practices, such as fasting.
  • Notice the atypical depiction of the Trinity where the Son is identified by a lamb, the Father an Eye of Providence, and the Spirit a dove.
  • See more at Purgatory - Wikipedia.

Pentecost.
Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31).

  • . The typical image of Pentecost in the West is that of the Virgin Mary seated centrally and prominently among the disciples with flames resting on the crowns of their heads. Occasionally, parting clouds suggesting the action of the "mighty wind", rays of light and the Dove are also depicted.
  • See more at Pentecost - Wikipedia.

Vigua Museum.
Vigua Museum of Pre-Columbian Art and Modern Glass shows a permanent exhibit of Pre-Hispanic objects in clay and stone, which are complemented with similar objects in contemporary glass.

  • Both collections show that through the years, men have been inspired by the same subjects to create their own masterpieces (Burial urns and faces, Animals, Human Figures, Design, Color and Form, and Jewelry).
  • All the Mayan artifacts of this collection are registered at the Institute of Anthropology and History IDAEH. The glass objects were created by outstanding international artists and glassmakers such as Baccarat, Daum, Lalique, Kosta Boda and Mosser and they were acquired on the international market, looking for similarities.
  • See more at Vigua Museum.

Convent pharmacy.

Leaving the museum.

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Location

Location: 3a Calle Oriente 28 A, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala