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Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

French: Site archéologique de Joya de Cerén
The Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site is a World Heritage Site in El Salvador defined by the UNESCO in 1993 and definitely a recommended cultural sightseeing location.
It is on position 12 (10, 7) in our monthly survey..

 

"Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600. Because of the exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight into the daily lives of the Central American populations who worked the land at that time."
Copyright © 1992 2014 UNESCO/World Heritage Centre. All rights reserved."

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