Calle del Arco (Santa Catalina Arch)

Sacatepéquez · Guatemala · Urban site

Beneath Antigua's famous yellow arch, on dark nights, a woman's wail is heard — La Llorona searching for her lost children.

Antigua Guatemala, the earthquake-battered old colonial capital, is full of ruins and legends, and no street is more storied than Calle del Arco with its yellow seventeenth-century arch. Here La Llorona is said to wander on dark nights, a weeping woman whose drawn-out lament echoes between the facades as she searches for the children she lost. Those who have heard her warn that the cry sounds distant when she is near — and near when she is far away. The tale is kept alive on the city's legend walks and has frightened antigüeños for centuries.

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Hvor ligger Calle del Arco (Santa Catalina Arch)?

Calle del Arco (Santa Catalina Arch) ligger i Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.

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