Temples of Atlantis

Meeting with an otherworldly begins immediately beyond the threshold. With the gloom and the singing of the monks. Sunday service at the church of San Francisco (Iglesia de San Francisco). Atlantis disappeared, but her spirit has remained.

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The church was built in 1821 on the site of a burnt-out older, 1518. Stayed part of the basement and building of the XVII century.

The name given to the church by the name of the Order of St. Francis of Assisi. The parish church of the Franciscan Monastery, which once extended to surrounding streets.

One of these streets, the northern boundary of the former monastery, named Maninidra, in honor of one of the former chiefs of local tribes, who "was a man of high growth and strength ... his wooden sword could shoot down man and horse to break his legs". In the battles with the Spaniards distinguished courage and cunning. In one battle was defeated and imprisoned. During his captivity, "took the sacrament of baptism, and received the name Peter". So the people of Atlantis became the Spanish Christians.

The parish at one time was famous for spreading the seeds of agricultural crops in the New World.

Himself the discoverer of the New World stands on the square in front of the church.

2011.05.15