Guatemala: the land of the quetzal; a sketch (1887)
Brigham, William Tufts, 1841-1926 · London, T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 231
179 (GUATEMALA CITY. carved with cherubim in low relief. Within the dark church all was still and deserted ; only the graves be- neath the pavement of tombstones were tenanted. A curtain hung before the image at the altar, and a care- fully written notice requested the visitor not to uncover the… … Church of the Carmen. years before the city was built within its sound, when the heavy, awkward burden must have been brought with so much difficulty into this lonely valley. Two others, with the painfully modern date of 1872, hung by its side. We wasted the whole morning in a futile attempt to…
Guatemala -- Description and travel · Guatemala -- Antiquities · Central America -- Bibliography
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