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General image of Cerro del Carmen.
El Cerrito del Carmen is a Catholic hermitage and a cultural site located on top of Cerro del Carmen, in the Historic Center of Guatemala City, whose construction dates back to the seventeenth century, at least one hundred years before the foundation of said city. It is consecrated to the Virgen del Carmen and has been declared a national cultural heritage and a Marian sanctuary. The history of Cerrito del Carmen is intimately linked to that of the founding of the Guatemalan capital and has been rebuilt after the 1917 and 1976 earthquakes.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CERRO DEL CARMEN
2 ENERO 1776

Translation:
CERRO DEL CARMEN
JANUARY 2, 1776

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After the 1773 earthquake, the capital at Santiago de los Caballeros was destroyed. Then the city was moved to the Valley of the Hermitage and in 1776 King Carlos III named it Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción.