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Tegucigalpa - A fire destroyed part of the
Comayagua city, former capital of Honduras,
said the authorities Thursday
The fire occurred Wednesday night, and
Comayagua Mayor Carlos Miranda said that
"the loss is irreversible because we are
talking of great part of the history."
Located in central Honduras, Comayagua was
established in 1537. It was the first
capital of Honduras till 1880 when it was
replaced by Tegucigalpa. The city has been
regarded as the country's religious,
cultural and historical treasure.
The fire destroyed the Episcopal Palace
built in 1775, the country's first
university called the Tridentino College,
the Del Carmen chapel, the Ecclesiastic
Colonial Museum and the tool used by the
bishop from Comayagua's bishopric.
Some valuable documents, such as the
marriage certificate of Central American
hero Francisco Morazan, were also lost in
the disaster.
The cause of the fire was likely to be an
electrical short-circuit, said
fire-fighters.
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