Richard And Jo Demeester's photos with the keyword: Matagalpa

The inside of Templo Parroquial de San Rafael Arcángel, in San Rafael. The murals were painted by an Australian artist, John Fuchs Holl, in the late 1960's.

We hired a muchacho to take us to the petroglyphs near Chagüitillo, close to Matagalpa. Being a Sunday afternoon, a half dozen bored youths decided to tag along. Four of them tried to recreate how the model for this petroglyph may have been standing.

Some sort of calendar (at least, that's the theory) amongst the petroglyphs near Chagüitillo close to Matagalpa.

What happened appears to be accurately portrayed. The reason for the beheadings is a little more unclear.