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The Chichicastenango Regional Museum or Museo Regional is a museum in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. It is located at the Iglesia de Santo Tomás. Some of the artifacts are over 3000 years old. [1] Many of the items in the collection were donated by Idelfonso Rossbach, a German Franciscan priest who served in the town from 1894 to 1944.
- 21 December 1949
- Archaeological museum
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Website. Chichicastenango online. Chichicastenango, also known as Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, is a town, with a population of 71,394 (2018 census), [3] and the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name in the El Quiché department of Guatemala. It is located in a mountainous region about 140 km (87 mi) northwest of ...
Regional Museum of Chichicastenango This is an archaeological museum that exhibits about 500 pieces from the Classic (200 AD) and post-Classic (1200 AD) periods of the ancient Mayan Civilization. It is a small place with three exhibition rooms, two of which house these exhibits, Mayan textiles and a manuscript of one of the first Spanish ...
Description. Category cultural heritage. The town of Chichicastenango is a historical place alive that offers the visitors a direct approach to the different ethnic groups of Guatemala who their multicoloured suits that identify them in a monumental group still shine where the sacred book of the Mayan was located: The Popol Vuh, also called Bible Quiché, mythological book that relates the ...
Oct 4, 2023 · 1. Visit on Thursday. The Chichicastenango Market occurs every Thursday and Sunday, until about 6 pm. I visited on Thursday, and highly recommend you do the same. During the 4 hours I spent there, I only saw about 100 other tourists, among thousands upon thousands of locals.
Museo Regional de Chichicastenango. / 14.942279, -91.111744. El Museo Regional de Chichicastenango o el Museo Regional de Chichicastenango Rossbach es un museo arqueológico en Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Fundado en 1949, está localizado dentro de la iglesia de Santo Tomás. El museo exhibe más de 500 artefactos prehispánicos de los ...
The Iglesia de Santo Tomás is a Roman Catholic church in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. It is located in the market place of the town which is known for its pottery and contains the Chichicastenango Regional Museum. It was built around 1545 atop a Pre-Columbian temple platform, and the steps originally leading to a temple of the pre-Hispanic ...
