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Ruins of León Viejo

Kategorie
Cultural
Land
Nicaragua
Einschreibungsjahr
2000
Kriterien
(iii)(iv)
UNESCO-ID
613

Beschreibung

León Viejo is one of the oldest Spanish colonial settlements in the Americas. It did not develop and so its ruins are outstanding testimony to the social and economic structures of the Spanish Empire in the 16th century. Moreover, the site has immense archaeological potential.