Mayan Masks in La Antigua
The Casa de Artes is hosting a Festival of Masks.
The special mask exhibit will be on display until January 9th 2010.
Admire the most symbolic pieces of traditional Guatemalan Folk Art offered in a unique display. Casa de Artes has the finest variety of Mayan Textiles, Wooden Figures, Ceremonial Masks, Ethnic Jewelry and Majolica Ceramics. We focus in quality and tradition, new and old. Enjoy at Casa de Artes a relaxed museum-like atmosphere with a personalized attention of a knowledgeable staff fluent in English, German and Spanish.
Casa de Artes is located within three blocks south (volcano direction) from Antigua’s Central Park; in the “Historical Centre” of the world’s renowned Colonial City of Antigua Guatemala. Antigua, was the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala back in Colonial Times. Founded in the early 16th century in the Department of Sacatepéquez, at the Panchoy Valley. Built 1,500 meters above sea-level, in an earthquake-prone region, it was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1773 but its principal monuments are still preserved as ruins. In the space of under three centuries the city, which was built on a grid pattern inspired by the Italian Renaissance, acquired a number of superb monuments.
The city acquired world fame when UNESCO declared it World Heritage Sight having “outstanding universal value” under the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1979.
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