This is another perspective to the Flowers and Fountains post from a week ago. In today’s photo I focused tightly and managed to get a better view of the running water. I should create a Repetition category to hold all the repetition images I have stumbled upon while walking around Antigua Guatemala. You can browse … Read more
Incredible the things that can be made with simple things like huge large pot and several dozen fountain spouts. I can’t say exactly what it was, but I felt some kind of photographic lure the first time I was the repetition of these fountain streams. What do you feel any kind of draw from the … Read more
According to Foursquare, I hold more mayorships than anyone in La Antigua Guatemala, including the current elected Mayor, Dr. Vivar. 😉 So, I believe I should be able to change the official slogan of the city from Ciudad de las perpetuas rosas (City of the perpetual roses) to Ciudad de las fuentes (City of fountains); … Read more
Here’s an interesting idea, cover the patio with transparent laminas plus a pergola framework where one can hang the Colas de Quetzal (nephorlepsis spp.), helechos (ferns) and put other plants in pots around the fountain and one can enjoy of the patio year round, including during the rainy season. 🙂 How you like that?
Besides signs, I also have a fascination for fountains. I am glad in La Antigua Guatemala there is an abundance of both. 😉 Can you guess where is this fountain located?
I wonder how many fountains there are in La Antigua Guatemala. Everywhere I go, even in fast food restaurants, there is at least one fountain. Take a tour through the Fountains and Gardens category to see how many I have shared with you already.
One or more búcaro fountains are found along a patio or corridor away from the main fountain normally found in the center of the main patio. Like I have said before, búcaros are half fountains embedded along walls. In today’s smaller houses búcaro fountains are usually the only fountains found; still quite beautiful and relaxing … Read more
I believe this is the third or fourth time I shown you a búcaro fountain. Can you tell us now what exactly is a búcaro fountain and how many búcaro fountain photos have been shown so far?
The Panchoy Valley, where La Antigua Guatemala is located, used to be a lake at the time the Conquistadores arrived and when they founded the second Santiago de Guatemala in the Almolonga Valley, now Ciudad Vieja which is about two miles from Antigua. Then the Panchoy Lake basin was fed by the Pensativo River. The … Read more
These recently renovated colonial-styled public water faucets can be found in and around many of the villages of La Antigua Guatemala. Like I said yesterday, the presence of these chorros as the water faucets are called in Guatemala, is a sure sign that there are still houses in the villages without piped water service. The … Read more
I am sure that most people that visit La Antigua Guatemala get to see the fountain at the Main Square; some might even seat around the benches to contemplate the artistic and erotic hidden messages revealed by the ancient wail of the sirens’ allure. But, I am almost sure, almost nobody comes across this little … Read more
To answer MO’s questions: There are four identical mermaids (sirenas in Spanish), give or take the normal wear. These are not the original mermaids designed by Arquitecto Mayor Diego de Porres in 1738-1739; these are new replicas. You can find the original mermaids inside the Museo de Armas (Old Weapons Museum) right across Central Park, … Read more
September has been one of the rainiest month thus far, but you would not know it by looking at the recent daily photos, right? Well, around Guatemala’s Independence Day on September 15th, we were lucky to have a few dry days or with very little rain. Today’s capture was taken at the heart of La … Read more
By this coming weekend, the area around this fountain will be so crowded that you won’t be able to see the fountain. You can browse the archives for 2006 and 2007 to find out why there will be so many people around La Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park. I hope you enjoy the trip back to … Read more
I have said that I really enjoy being in this building so many times that you might actually believe that I work for the PR department of Agencia Española de Cooperación International in La Antigua Guatemala. I do not, just to get it right out in the open. However, I do check out books sometimes … Read more