Colonial Structure No. 13

Built between 1531 and 1534, with rammed earth walls and flattened Talpuja earth.
Santo Domingo Area

Según el trazado hipotético de la ciudad, se creía que el Convento de Santo Domingo se ubicaba en esta zona…
Ruinas de León Viejo participates in the 1st National Preparedness Exercise to Protect Life in Multi-Hazard Situations, March 27, 2025.

Sitio Ruinas de León Viejo joined the ✨I National Preparedness Exercise to Protect Life in Multi-Hazard Situations, the drill consisted of providing emergency care during an earthquake that caused fires and fractures in visitors and site personnel. Injury identification, application of bandages, and transfer of injured persons were carried out during the drill.
Awarding of Certificates to Workers of the Ruins of León Viejo for training in Cultural and Archaeological Heritage of Nicaragua

The course was held within the framework of the cultural policy of the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity GRUN, coordinated by Intur, the Institute of Cultures, Peoples and Youth, and the Secretariat of Creative Economy, for the conservation, management and dissemination of the Ruinas de León Viejo site. RuinasdeLeónViejo #NicaraguaUnicaOriginal #ICPJ #INTUR
Training, May 5, 2025, Excavations in Ruins of León Viejo (2000)

This week, the staff of the León Viejo Ruins Site participated in a special lecture given by social anthropologist Sandra Espinoza and archaeologist Ramiro García Vasquez. During the talk, valuable experiences were shared about the excavations carried out in the year 2000, where the skeletons of historical figures such as Pedrarias Dávila and [...]
Colonial Structure No. 15

Según el plano hipotético de la ciudad, se presume la existencia de una estructura enterrada en este lugar…
House of Hernando de Soto and Hernán Ponce de León

Built between 1531 and 1534. Construction system: adobe walls and tamped Talpuja earth.
San Francisco Area

Según el trazado hipotético de la ciudad, se creía que el Convento de San Francisco se ubicaba en este sitio…
MARTIN ESTETE'S HOUSE

Built between 1531 and 1534. Construction system: adobe walls and plastered Talpuja earth.
The Fortress

Built in the period 1524-1530. Construction system: perimeter wall of stone...