About a half hour east of the current city, León Viejo is the ruins of the first attempt to found the city, in 1524. This town was abandoned after a 1610 earthquake, when everyone relocated to the site of the current city. These days, this UNESCO World Heritage Site does give you some truly fascinating insight into the life, times, and architecture of the earliest period of Spanish colonization.
Read more in my post León, Nicaragua's Most Venerable City.
Helmut Haefner
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