Antigua (5b)


Source: WTL© digital photograph taken on site in Antigua, Guatemala (2008).
Image: Close-up of the top panel of the façade.
Humanities topics: Describe what you see and relate it to colonial Latin American architecture and the period. What kind of society, economy, and culture is required in order to build such an edifice? Note that Mayan laborers provided almost all of the physical labor and much of the craftsmanship.