Palace sights in Central America

1. Palacio de la Cultura Joaquín Cuadro Pasos

   • Granada, Nicaragua
   • Sights › Palace

   Palacio de la Cultura Joaquín Cuadro Pasos, named after the Granadino poet who wrote Canto de Guerra de las Cosas (War Song of Things), a surrealist masterpiece of 20th-century Spanish verse, is worth a wander.

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   Palacio Nacional

   • San Salvador, El Salvador
   • Sights › Palace

   Government headquarters until the devastation of the 1986 earthquake, the ornate Palacio Nacional occupies the west side of Plaza Barrios. Built in the early 20th century with Italian marble, the palace displays the classical style fashionable at the time.

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   Palacio de los Capitanes

   • Antigua, Guatemala
   • Sights › Palace

   Dating from 1558, the Palacio de los Capitanes was the governmental center of all Central America from Chiapas to Costa Rica until 1773. It didn't gain its stately double-arcaded facade, which marches proudly along the southern side of the park, until the early 1760s, however. Today the palace houses the Inguat tourist office, the national police and the office of the governor of Sacatepéquez department.

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