![]() ![]() ![]() His guide, Rudecindo Zul, from Alotenango, was the only one to offer to help, but only to the saddle that divides Fuego from volcán Acatenango, as the townspeople feared and respected the mountain too much to go beyond that point. They wanted to climb the central peak, unexplored at the time, but could not find a guide and had to climb to the active cone, which had had a recent eruption in 1880. First, he needed to ask for permission to climb to Sacatepéquez governor, who gave him a letter for Alotenango major asking him for guides to help the explorer and his companion, Tadeo Trabanino. In 1881, French writer Eugenio Dussaussay climbed the volcano, then practically unexplored. ![]() Given that there was not a separation of Church and State, the curato division was transferred into the geography of the valley thus, the Alotenango valley was delimited by the Guatemala valley – that is, Antigua Guatemala to the east, Chimaltenango valley to the north, and the Escuintla Province to the south and west. In the 1540s, bishop Francisco Marroquín split the religious coverage of the Guatemala central valley between the Order of Preachers and the Franciscans, getting to the latter the Alotenango curato, among others. This settlement was established before the Spanish arrived in Alotenango in 1524. The community of Alotenango grew up originally 3 to 4 kilometers south of the current settlement which today is the Candelaria farm. Īccording to the Popol Vuh, the town is mentioned as Vucuc Caquix. Photograph by Alfred Percival Maudslay, who climbed the peak from Alotenango. Volcán de Fuego summit as seen from the saddle that separates it from volcán Acatenango in 1899. ![]()
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