page_title: Fraijanes
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Fraijanes / History
caption_attribution_description: Español: Convento, oratorio y acueducto de los Jesuitas en Fraijanes, Guatemala.
context_page_description: Fraijanes is a town, with a population of 44,117, and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.
  It is known for its fine tasting coffee, which is slightly more acidic than that of Antigua Guatemala.
context_section_description: Archbishop Pedro Cortés y Larraz wrote in his book Descripción Geográfico-Moral De La Diócesis de Guatemala (Moral and geographic description of Guatemala Diocesis) that, after the Jesuits were expelled from the Spanish colonies in 1767, they left behind a rich hacienda in the area where the modern Fraijanes municipality stands. It was given to two secular priests called Juan Milán and Juan Álvarez. These priests earned the respect and love of the people from the area and, in 1860, the region was renamed "Frailes Juanes" in their honor. Eventually, the name changed into "Fray Juanes" and finally into "Fraijanes".
caption: Ruins of a colonial Jesuit hacienda.
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