Granja
The place
Granja ("Farm") in the Sacatepéquez department, Antigua Guatemala/Ciudad Vieja area (upper Antigua Volcanoes valley, Guatemala), at 1768 m altitude, on the volcanic flank of the Sierra Madre. Continuous Guatemala Sacatepéquez cluster (batches 260-373). High-altitude agrotourism farm near Antigua (Antigua Guatemala UNESCO 1979, old colonial capital 1543-1773, devastating earthquake 29 July 1773, Santa Marta abandoned + Volcán de Agua 3760 m + Volcán de Fuego 3763 m eruptive activity January 2018, 63 dead at La Reunión + heritage of the Kaqchikel/Tzutujil Maya (3 million Maya people, Kaqchikel/Tzutujil languages, central highlands + Popol Vuh written 16th century, iconic cosmogony/mythology + Rigoberta Menchú, 1959, Nobel Peace Prize 1992, Kʼicheʼ indigenous rights + military genocide under Ríos Montt 1982-1983, 200,000 dead, Ixil massacres, 96% Maya, civil war 1960-1996, peace accord).
The setting
Sacatepéquez, Antigua Guatemala/Ciudad Vieja, upper Antigua Volcanoes valley, Guatemala, 1768 m, volcanic flank of the Sierra Madre, continuous cluster batches 260-373, agrotourism farm near Antigua UNESCO 1979 colonial 1543-1773, earthquake 29 July 1773 Santa Marta + Agua 3760 m + Fuego 3763 m January 2018 63 dead at La Reunión, Kaqchikel/Tzutujil Maya 3 million Kaqchikel/Tzutujil highlands + Popol Vuh 16th c. cosmogony + Rigoberta Menchú 1959 Nobel 1992 Kʼicheʼ indigenous rights + Ríos Montt 1982-1983 200,000 dead Ixil 96% Maya 1960-1996 peace.
