Convento de las Capuchinas

Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza, better known as Las Capuchinas, is one of Antigua's most famed ruin sites. Thick, age-striped stone walls guard an interior full of crypts, courtyards, fountains, arched passageways, green lawns, crumbled and crumbling walls, and stairways leading up to engraved decks. These overlook the ruins as well as the city and offer a magnificent view of the surrounding vistas. The building dates to 1736 after its construction was approved by the King of Spain, Felipe V, notably a few short decades before one of Antigua's most devastating earthquakes.