World Heritage Identification Number: 675
World Heritage since: 1993
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇸🇻 El Salvador
Continent: Americas
UNESCO World Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
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The Pre-Hispanic Farming Community of Joya de Cerén: A Time Capsule from Ancient America
The Pre-Hispanic Farming Community of Joya de Cerén: A Time Capsule from Ancient America
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
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.
Encyclopedia Record: Joya de Cerén
Joya de Cerén is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village. The ancient Maya site of Joya de Cerén is located in the Zapotitán Valley, 36 kilometers northwest of San Salvador, El Salvador. It is often referred to as the "Pompeii of the Americas", in comparison to the famed Ancient Roman ruins.Additional Site Details
Area: 3,200 hectares
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
Coordinates: 13.8275 , -89.36916667
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