Iglesia El Calvario, located in Antigua, Guatemala, is a historic church known for its striking architecture and its importance in religious processions, particularly during Holy Week. Its origins date back to the early 17th century when the Franciscan order established a small chapel at this site to mark the endpoint of Antigua’s Via Crucis (Way of the Cross), a devotional route leading from San Francisco el Grande, symbolizing Christ’s journey to Calvary. The church that stands here today was completed in 1720, after the first structure was destroyed in the 1717 quake.
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The stone cross that adorns the front gate of El Calvario has an inscription of 1688, likely replacing the wooden cross that was placed there when the Franciscans designated the site in 1618. The first church that they erected was built in 1655.
