In the older days, people washed clothes in public wash basins. In Antigua it seems as if no time had passed, the cistern is still used.
Info (Spanish) http://mundochapin.com/2012/10/el-tanque-la-union-antigua-guatemala/20339/
Address 6a Calle Oriente, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
Coordinates 14°33'18.708" N -90°43'52.59" E
