Ruins of León Viejo

Ruins of León Viejo skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 2000 som kulturarv i Nicaragua. Platsen hör till regionen Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 2000.

UNESCOLeón 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.