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Ruins of León Viejo

First capital of Nicaragua, founded by Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba on the shores of Lake Managua beneath the Momotombo volcano, housing the region's first cathedral and university before earthquake damage forced its abandonment; the buried ruins were rediscovered by archaeologists only in 1967.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1524 CE mainstream
  founded by Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba as the first capital of Nicaragua source
• 1610 CE mainstream
  abandoned after earthquake damage from the nearby Momotombo volcano; residents relocate to found modern León source
• 2000 CE mainstream
  inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site source

Where

12.4394° N, 86.5978° W

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.56039/rgne2a05
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Viejo

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