Antigua Restores Historic Council Courtyard

The Antigua City Council has restored the century‑old structure located between Triquivijate and Las Pocetas, a place once used to safeguard lost livestock.

The Antigua City Council has begun the reconstruction of the historic Council Corral, situated at the crossroads of the roads to Triquivijate and Las Pocetas. The municipal work includes cleaning the interior and restoring the stone wall that defined the space, returning it to its original circular shape.

The Council Corral was managed by municipal guards and historically served to protect goats and cattle found in fields or on neighboring lands. While owners retrieved their animals, the livestock were kept under guard in this corral, which also functioned as a venue for exchanges and auctions.

“The work not only beautifies the landscape but also recovers part of the municipality’s historical memory, in a spot that once was an important meeting and trade point in the interior of the island,” — Mayor Matías Peña, municipal communiqué.

Mayor Matías Peña and the councilor for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Fernando Estupiñán, visited the site where municipal workers are painstakingly rebuilding the corral stone by stone. The structure, more than a century old, is being restored to its former glory, the council confirmed in its statement.