{"id":8510,"date":"2022-11-15T02:44:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T02:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laantiguaguatemala.com\/monumentos\/convent-and-church-of-la-merced\/"},"modified":"2022-11-15T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T02:44:13","slug":"convent-and-church-of-la-merced","status":"publish","type":"monumentos","link":"https:\/\/webmail.laantiguaguatemala.com\/en\/monumentos\/convent-and-church-of-la-merced\/","title":{"rendered":"Convent and church of La Merced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Construction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was designed and built by the architect Juan de Dios Estrada in 1749 and finished in 1767. (Cuy\u00e1n V\u00e1squez, 2015).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is of Guatemalan ultra-baroque style and has two bell towers. On the upper part of the fa\u00e7ade there is an image of Saint Peter Nolasco, founder of the Mercedarian Order. (Cuy\u00e1n V\u00e1squez, 2015).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The immaculate saint of this temple is: <\/strong>Our Lady of Mercy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curious facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inside the convent there are some majestic sculptures of baked clay and glazed lions on the outside and inside some stucco and brick sculptures of Mercedarian saints: San Pedro Pascual and Santa Mar\u00eda de Cervell\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where is<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6a. Avenida Norte and 1a. Poniente Street, La Antigua Guatemala<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8510","monumentos","type-monumentos","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webmail.laantiguaguatemala.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/monumentos\/8510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webmail.laantiguaguatemala.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/monumentos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webmail.laantiguaguatemala.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/monumentos"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webmail.laantiguaguatemala.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}