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The Hotel Casa Santo Domingo is a noted 3 star hotel and museum in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. It is located in the grounds of the Santo Domingo Monastery. This monastery was partially destroyed in the Santa Marta earthquake. [1]

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The hotel opened in June 1989.

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Museum artifacts

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References

  1. "AroundAntigua.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-06-19.

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