Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A karni na 16, a lokacin da Mutanen Espanya suka ci Guatemala, bakin tekun ya kasance wurin da aka yi yaƙi wanda Mutanen Espanya da abokansu Kaqchikel suka ci Tz'utujils. Bayan nasarar Mutanen Espanya na Guatemala
, Franciscans sun kafa coci da kuma gidan sufi a Panajachel ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, kuma sun yi amfani da garin a matsayin cibiyar don juyar da 'yan asalin yankin zuwa bangaskiyar Roman Katolika. Facade na asali na cocin har yanzu yana tsaye kuma ana ɗaukarsa ɗayan lu'ulu'u na salon mulkin mallaka a Guatemala.