LARGE PUENTE

Located in Calle Real (3 a Av), it was built around 1751 in the time of Spanish domination. Along 18 m wide and over 5 m wide, its three arches cross the Quebrada Oscura. On each side, it is encadré, each surmounted by columns. The one located in the middle of the right-hand railings is made up of an ancient pre-Columbian stone monolith. Monoliths were, it seems, highly prized by the Chorti Indians before the arrival of the Spanish. They offered them to their gods at religious ceremonies.