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Temple of Minerva (Guatemala)

Coordinates: 14°37′22″N 90°31′53″W / 14.6228°N 90.5314°W / 14.6228; -90.5314
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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

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Several Temples of Minerva were built across 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
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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

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Notes and references

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References

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Bibliography

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  • Arévalo Martínez, Rafael (1945). ¡Ecce Pericles! (in Spanish). Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional.
  • 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. Archived from the original on 2015-06-01.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  • Diario de Centro América (30 October 1899). "Fiestas de Minerva". Diario de Centro América (in Spanish). Guatemala.
  • Gobierno de Guatemala (1907). Álbum de Minerva 1907 (in Spanish). Vol. VII. Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional.
  • 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.
  • Macías del Real, A. (1897). "El Arzobispo Ricardo Casanova y Estrada". La Ilustración Guatemalteca (in Spanish). I (17). Guatemala: Síguere, Guirola y Cía.
  • 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.
  • Valladares, Manuel (3 April 1928). "El tinterillo en el poder". Nuestro Diario (in Spanish). Guatemala.
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