Antigua, Guatemala - Flickr - Reg Natarajan through time

Antigua Guatemala 1912–2024 14 photos of this spot

14 photographs taken at the same spot in Antigua Guatemala, spanning 1912–2024 — 13 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A view of Antigua Guatemala in 1912, the former capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, known for its Spanish Baroque architecture and the ruins left by repeated earthquakes.

EU: Antigua Guatemala (1912) 1912 A view of Antigua Guatemala in 1912, the former capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, known for its Spanish Baroque architecture and the ruins left by repeated earthquakes.

EU: Ruïne in Antigua Guatemala (1912) 1912 Ruins in Antigua Guatemala, photographed in 1912. Much of the city's colonial-era architecture was damaged by earthquakes, most severely in 1773, prompting the eventual relocation of the capital to present-day Guatemala City.

EU: Markt te Antigua Guatemala (1912) 1912 A market scene in Antigua Guatemala, photographed in 1912. Founded in the sixteenth century as the colonial capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, the city is now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

EU: Stadhuis van Antigua Guatemala (1912) 1912 The colonial-era town hall, or Ayuntamiento, of Antigua Guatemala, facing the city's central plaza, photographed in 1912.

EU: Indiaanse vrouwen op de markt van Antigua Guatemala (1912) 1912 Indigenous women at a market in Antigua Guatemala, photographed in 1912. Markets like this one have long been central to daily life in the former colonial capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala.

EU: Ruïnes van Antigua Guatemala, overgrown arcade (1912) 1912 An overgrown arcade among the ruins of Antigua Guatemala, photographed in 1912. Much of the city's colonial architecture was left in ruins after repeated earthquakes struck the region in the eighteenth century.

EU: Markt van Antigua Guatemala, hat vendor (1912) 1912 A hat vendor at the market in Antigua Guatemala, photographed in 1912. The city's markets have long served the surrounding communities of the Guatemalan highlands.

EU: Ruïnes van Antigua Guatemala (1912) 1912 Earthquake-damaged ruins in Antigua Guatemala, photographed in 1912. The city served as the colonial capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala until repeated earthquakes prompted the seat of government to move to present-day Guatemala City in the eighteenth century.

EU: Ruïnes van Antigua Guatemala, arcade (1912) 1912 A ruined arcade in Antigua Guatemala, photographed in 1912, among the remnants of the city's colonial buildings.

EU: Antigua Guatemala, street with church (1912) 1912 A street in Antigua Guatemala leading toward a church, photographed in 1912, in the former colonial capital renowned for its Spanish Baroque architecture and cobblestone streets.

EU: Markt van Antigua Guatemala (1912) 1912 Another 1912 view of the market in Antigua Guatemala, the former colonial capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site for its well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture.

EU: Ruinas van Antigua Guatemala - markt met mensen en paarden (1912) 1912 A market scene amid the ruins of Antigua Guatemala in 1912, with people and horses gathered near the old structures.

EU: Ruinas van Antigua Guatemala (1912) 1912 Ruined colonial buildings in Antigua Guatemala, photographed in 1912. The former capital of colonial Guatemala was left with numerous roofless churches and convents after severe 18th-century earthquakes, and many stood in this ruined state well into the 20th century.

Antigua, Guatemala - Flickr - Reg Natarajan 2024 A street in Antigua Guatemala, photographed in 2024. The former colonial capital, ringed by volcanoes, is noted for its grid of cobblestone streets and Baroque-influenced church facades.