Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias
The Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias, commonly called Teatro Nacional, is a cultural center in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

The Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias, commonly called Teatro Nacional, is a cultural center in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It is located in the Centro Cívico of the city and was built in the same place of the old Fuerte de San José. Its form, which emulates a seated jaguar, stands out from the adjacent buildings. The complex, which was designed by the architects Efrain Recinos and Carlos Alberto Haeussler was completed in 1978.
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Worth seeing in and around Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kaminaljuyu
Kaminaljuyu is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization located in Guatemala City. Primarily occupied from 1500 BC to 1200 AD, it has been described as one of the greatest archaeological sites in the New World—although the extant remains are distinctly unimpressive.
3.4 km · archaeological site · Wikipedia - 02Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
The Doroteo Guamuch Flores Stadium is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest venue in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance runner Doroteo Guamuch Flores, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon.
800 m · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spanish colony, it was the only university in Guatemala until 1954, although it continues to hold distinction as the only public university in the entire country.
6.2 km · university · Wikipedia - 04Torre del Reformador
The Torre del Reformador is a 71.85 meter tall steel framework tower in Zone 9 of Guatemala City. The tower was built in 1935, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Justo Rufino Barrios, who was President of Guatemala and instituted a number of reforms.
1.6 km · building in Guatemala City, Guatemala · Wikipedia - 05Cathedral of Guatemala City
The Holy Church Cathedral Metropolitan Basilica of Santiago de Guatemala also Metropolitan Cathedral, officially Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, is the main church of Guatemala City and of the Archdiocese of Guatemala. It is located at the Parque Central in the center of the city.
1.7 km · metropolitan cathedral in Guatemala City · Wikipedia - 06National Library of Guatemala
The National Library of Guatemala is the national library of Guatemala. It is located in Zone 1 of Guatemala City near the National Palace of Guatemala.
1.7 km · national library · Wikipedia - 07Rafael Landívar University
Rafael Landívar University is a private Catholic coeducational higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Vista Hermosa III Guatemala. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1961.
5.1 km · Catholic university if Guatemala · Wikipedia - 08Estadio Cementos Progreso
The Cementos Progreso Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Guatemala City. It is also known popularly as Estadio La Pedrera in reference to its location in the neighborhood of the same name in the Zone 6 of the Guatemalan capital.
6.3 km · stadium in Guatemala City · Wikipedia - 09Francisco Marroquín University
Francisco Marroquín University, also known by the abbreviation UFM, is a private, secular university in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2.7 km · private, secular university in Guatemala City, Guatemala · Wikipedia - 10Estadio El Trébol
Manuel Felipe Carrera Stadium, also known as Estadio El Trébol, is a football stadium in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It serves as the training venue and home ground for Liga Nacional club Municipal, one of the most traditional clubs in the country.
2.1 km · football stadium in Guatemala City, Guatemala · Wikipedia
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Getting to Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias
- Airports
- La Aurora (GUA), 5 km · El Salvador Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL), 205 km · Ramón Villeda Morales (SAP), 293 km
- Stations
- La Aurora International Airport, 5 km
- San Salvador (San Luis Talpa) → Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias201 km · quickest by road, 5h 32m · $22–30
- San Pedro Sula → Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias285 km · quickest by air, 5h 8m · $200–300
- Palmerola → Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias315 km · quickest by air, 4h 39m · $170–260
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Next door to Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias
Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias is 2 km from Guatemala City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Guatemala Citycapital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala1.7 km
- ChinautlaGuatemala Department municipality in Guatemala8.6 km
- Santa Catarina Pinulamunicipality of Guatemala7.7 km
- 2025 Guatemala City bus crashbus accident in Guatemala City, Guatemala4.3 km
- Tikal FuturaHigh-Rise Buildings in Guatemala City3.9 km
- Avenida ReformaAvenue in Guatemala City2.4 km