Facts and Data

Webpages:
Official Unesco Page

Basis Data:
Unesco World heritage since: 1993
Size of heritage: 3,200 ha

Coordinates:
Longitude: -88,631°
Latitude: 13,828°

Summary

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.

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Near airports
El Salvador International Airport
Medium airport - 39 mi (63 km) La Esperanza Airport
Small airport - 44 mi (72 km) Santa Rosa Copán Airport
Small airport - 69 mi (111 km) Copan Ruinas Airport
Small airport - 78 mi (126 km) Toncontín International Airport
Medium airport - 96 mi (155 km) Chiquimula Airport
Small airport - 97 mi (156 km) Sulaco Airport
Small airport - 118 mi (191 km) Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
Medium airport - 122 mi (197 km) Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport
Large airport - 257 mi (415 km)
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