PLACE: The most ornate temple of the Americas. BACKGROUND: One hundred years ago about a Catholic church in the town of San - Andres - Shekul near the second largest Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango nobody even heard of. Normal unprepossessing church in the style of "folk baroque", which in these parts a thousand. But in the early twentieth century, the townspeople managed to paint their church so that it still remains one of the business cards of Guatemala. The result was fair splint: lemon - yellow facade of the church is decorated with a hundred brightly colored shapes. And in early 2000 - x, and the dome looked like a colorful children's ball. FACT: Due to the decor of the San - Andres - Shekul considered one of the non-canonical Churches in Guatemala. For example, next to Christ, and the figures of saints on the facade of its neighbor jaguars, Mayan sacred animals and the main mediators between the world of gods and men on the Mayan beliefs (pagan, from the standpoint of the traditional Catholic Church.) WHY: The City of San - Andres - Shekul-a major center of traditional Mayan cults. Even without moving away from church, you can see the administration of Indian rituals little changed over the past few centuries. ON THE ROAD: The nearest international airport, Guatemala. Flight from Moscow to Guatemala, KLM (via Amsterdam and Panama) and Iberia (via Madrid), from 55 000 rub. Thence to Quetzaltenango 200 km. NAVIGATION: From the Market Square Quetzaltenango go direct bus service to downtown San - Andres - Shekulya, 20 minutes. VISA: up to 90 days visa for Russian citizens do not need.
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