Monumentos Capuchinas | Capuchinas |
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English Nuesta Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza Felipe V authorized the cloister and temple of Our Lady of the Pilar of Zaragoza, popularly known as Capuchinas, for its construction on May 5th. 1725, when five governess nuns arrived in the city of Santiago of Guatemala (today La Antigua Guatemala). At first, these nuns stayed with the Carmelites at the Santa Teresa's cloister until they were transferred to their new home, provided with the support of the Bishop one year later. These nuns were famous because of their brown outfit. During 1731, the new decoration for the new cloister and temple was made, in accordance to the design and direction of the architect of the city, Diego de Porres, ending it in 1736. This was the last monastery authorized in the city. The young girls that enter to the monastery, without the approbation of another orders of the city, agree to renounce to all material goods in exchange for a spiritual life. The nuns, who lived without any communication in the cloister, were advised of the severe conditions of a life inside that convent. There were from twenty-five to twenty-eight nuns at the monastery under the supervision of the Abbess Mother and ruled by the order's strict lifestyle. The most common rules were: poverty, continuous penitence and diet. The church and convent were restored after the 1751 earthquake with the support of the City Council. As a consequence of this earthquake, the convent was one of the most damaged in the city, and in 1773, the religious sisters left the convent; with the archbishops support they were provided a temporal home in the finca known as "La Chacra". A few years later they were relocated in the Nueva Guatemala de la Asuncion by orders of the Royal authorities. When the Capuchinas monastery and hermitage was built in the new city, all the images and art pieces of this religious order were transferred to it. Doors, bars, artifacts and other goods were also transferred. All the stone images sculpted on the main façade had a particular beauty. The building remained abandoned until the archbishop authorized the sale of the property in 1813. One year later, the selling agreement was set. Since 1972, Capuchinas is being used by the offices of the National Council for the Protection of La Antigua Guatemala (CNPAG), which is a non-governmental institution in charge of the protection, preservation, restoration and maintenance of all kind of goods of the city and its surrounding areas. |
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La institución del claustro y templo de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza, popular como Capuchinas, fue certificada por Felipe V el 5 de mayo de 1725, al arribar a la Ciudad de Santiago de Guatemala (hoy La Antigua Guatemala) cinco monjas institutoras. 
En 1731, se pactó el canje de las casas que dominaban las monjas capuchinas, populares así por su hábito café, por las del Colegio de Niñas Doncellas de Nuestra Señora de la Presentación, llamado "El Niñado". 
A los pocos años se reubicaron a la Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción por orden real.