Antosch & Lin Postcards Home Advanced Search Email: Password: Register / Password Lost? Newly added items By Country Africa Asia Caribbean Central America Europe Great Britain Middle East North America Oceania South America Thematics By Type Postcards Stamps Covers Postal Stationery FDCs All Types eBay Shop Contact us Payment & Postage Email Alert Subscribe to our Free Newsletter: Email: We have a strict No Spam Policy		Item ID: 60798       Guatemala Old Postcard Market & Church CHICHICASTENANGO Early B/W Real Photo Photographic Postcard. Guatemala. Busy Ais Market & Street Scene. Cross. Santo Tomás CHICHICASTENANGO is a town in the El Quiché department of Guatemala, known for its traditional Maya Indian culture. Santo Tomas Church venerated steps. / The church of Santo Tomás is built atop a Pre-Columbian platform. These steps originally leading to a temple of the pre-Hispanic Maya civilization remain venerated. Shamans still use the church for their rituals, burning incense and candles. Each of the 18 stairs that lead up to the church stands for one month of the Maya calendar year. Browse in related categories: Postcards > Thematics > Churches Postcards > Thematics > Real Photo Postcards > Central America Postcards > Central America > Guatemala Postcards > Thematics > Street Scenes Postcards > Central America > Guatemala > Chichicastenango