Temple of Minerva (Guatemala)

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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

Several Temples of Minerva were built across Guatemalapor toda la república de 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]
[4]
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

Notes and references

Notes

References

Bibliography

  • Arévalo Martínez, Rafael (1945). ¡Ecce Pericles! (in Spanish). Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Diario de Centro América (30 October 1899). "Fiestas de Minerva". Diario de Centro América (in Spanish). Guatemala. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Gobierno de Guatemala (1907). Álbum de Minerva 1907 (in Spanish). Vol. VII. Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • 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. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Macías del Real, A. (1897). "El Arzobispo Ricardo Casanova y Estrada". La Ilustración Guatemalteca (in Spanish). I (17). Guatemala: Síguere, Guirola y Cía. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Valladares, Manuel (3 April 1928). "El tinterillo en el poder". Nuestro Diario (in Spanish). Guatemala. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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