Santa Cruz del Quiché in Santa Cruz de Quiché, El Quiché, Guatemala — Central America
Plaza Tecún Umán
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 19, 2015
1. Plaza Tecún Umán Marker
La municipalidad de
Santa Cruz de El Quiche
al Heroe Nacional
Tecun Uman
1969
Homenaje: Del Departamento de El Quiche al Heroe Nacional Tecun Uman, hijo de esta tierra historica, martir de la soberania nacional
Ejemplo de acendrado patriotism
Quiche, 20 de febrero de 1967.
The municipality of Santa Cruz de El Quiché to the National Hero Tecún Umán
1969
Tribute from the Department of El Quiché to the National Hero Tecún Umán, son of this historic land, an example of pure patriotism.
1967.
Erected 1967.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Native Americans • Patriots & Patriotism. A significant historical year for this entry is 1969.
Location. 15° 1.744′ N, 91° 8.939′ W. Marker is in Santa Cruz del Quiché, El Quiché, in Santa Cruz de Quiché. The monument and markers are located in the central park of Santa Cruz del Quiché. Touch for map.
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Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 29 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. El Quiché War Victims (a few steps from this marker); Founding of the Department of El Quiche, Guatemala (within shouting distance of this marker); Santa María Chiquimula Community Consultation (approx. 19.5 kilometers away in Totonicapán); Manuel Tzoc, Founder of Nahualá (approx. 27.6 kilometers away in Sololá).
Regarding Plaza Tecún Umán. Tecún Umán was the most famous of the Quiché warrior-kings to confront the Spanish during their conquest of Guatemala. He was killed by Pedro de Alvarado on February 15, 1524 on the plains of Olintepeque near Quetzaltenango. In 1960, as Guatemala again found herself in a time of turmoil and civil strife, the military leaders designated Tecún Umán as a National Hero of Guatemala and promoted him as an example of patriotism.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 19, 2015
2. Wide view of Plaza Tecún Umán Marker
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 19, 2015
3. Additional marker at Plaza Tecún Umán
This marker on the reverse of the statue's base describes the government officials that promoted its installation in 1967. Rodolfo Galleotti Torres was the famed sculptor of this version and at least six other similiar statues throughout Guatemala.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 21, 2015
4. Tecún Umán
This plaster bust by Galeotti Torres shows the detail on his Tecún Umán statues and was at an exposition at the Cerro Santo Domingo in Antigua Guatemala in December, 2014.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 410 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 24, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
