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 edit
Several Temples of Minerva were built across 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 | ![[4]](/wiki/File:Minervacocalesescuintla1907.JPG) |
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 edit
Notes and references edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- 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. Archived from the original on 2015-06-01.
- 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). Vol. 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) (2). Guatemala.
- Macías del Real, A. (1897). "El Arzobispo Ricardo Casanova y Estrada". La Ilustración Guatemalteca (in Spanish). I (17). Guatemala: Síguere, Guirola y Cía.
- Mendoza, Juan M. (1940). Enrique Gómez Carrillo. Estudio crítico-biográfico. Su vida, su obra y su época (in Spanish). Vol. 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 edit
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