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Colonial Church, Santiago Atitlan

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#1 of 6 in Things to do in Santiago Atitlan
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  • By maritimeexplorer
    As most people know, Santiago is the Spanish equivalent of St. James and this rather unprepossessing looking church is, in English, Saint James the Apostle Church. It dates all the way back to the...  more »
  • By brewski59
    The church goes back many centuries, and the history seems to seep throughout the building. But the story of the priest who was murdered during the genocide of the indigenous Mayans was a moving...  more »
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