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Colonial ruins

La Recolección Ruins

Antigua's most dramatic ruins: huge blocks from the vault lying where they fell inside the church.

Ruins of the Recolección church and monastery, destroyed by earthquake. Antigua Guatemala.
Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0

La Recolección was the church and convent of the Recollect friars, completed in the early 18th century. The 1773 earthquakes brought down its vault, and the enormous blocks of stone and brick stayed exactly where they fell, piled up inside the nave.

That is why it is one of the most impressive ruins in the city: it lets you imagine the force of the earthquakes and the scale of colonial buildings. Besides the church, you can walk through the remains of the cloister and the convent cells, surrounded by gardens.

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Tips

  • It is about a 10-minute walk from Parque Central, near the market: visit both on the same outing.

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