Ermita de la Santa Cruz Ruins
On June 29th I posted a photo of Charly García on concert in Antigua Guatemala. Well, then I mentioned that Antigua is used as natural venue for concerts, jazz festivals, classical music recitals. The venue they use most often for concerts is La Ermita de la Santa Cruz ruins. Santa Cruz ruins sit on the outskirts of Antigua, on the east side, against a very densely tree-populated mountain.
A few months back there was a historic concert by Guatemala’s most famous rock band Alux Nahual who recently reunited for series of fund-raising concert for the victims of Hurricane Stan (unbelievable, it is already on Wikipedia). I did not go to this first concert, but I was told it was incredible. Because of previous commitments, I was unable to attend, but I was a few blocks away and I still can sensed the greatness of the concert and felt the energy that emanated from the Santa Cruz ruins. Here four photos from their official web site (maybe?), F1 the preparation, F2 the concert overview, F3 close up with the musicians, F4 the closure. 120 photos of this concert are available here; small photos but you get to see the venue at its best.
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July 19th, 2006
Pues bienvenido las veces ke kieras, estuve viendo las imágenes de tu blog, y veo como el tiempo ha dejado bellas huellas en esa ciudad. Mas o menos comprendo porke es la ANTIGUA.
Saludos y estamos en contacto.
December 15th, 2006
[...] Ranferí Aguilar must be one of the best musicians that have come out of Guatemala. For starters, he was a founding member of Alux Nahual, Guatemala’s most famous rock band. I talked about them on my entry for July 19th, 2006. Actually, when Alux Nahual broke up, a great band was lost, but several solo projects emerged from these great musicians and Ranferí Aguilar was one of them. Here is another shot of Ranferí Aguilar at the Jamtigua concert. [...]
May 11th, 2007
[...] river bed is El Pensativo River. The other day while driving on Calle Chipilapa, which takes you to La Ermita de la Santa Cruz Ruins, I saw this huge bougainvillea tree on the other side of El Pensativo River, dry now but soon it [...]
May 12th, 2007
[...] Ruins, a popular venue for music concerts. I published a rather plain photo of La Ermita before on July 19th, 2006. If you follow the link, you can read more information about the ruins and the concerts that have [...]