Joya de Cerén and San Andrés reveal two sides of Zapotitán Valley
Two archaeological parks, five kilometres apart, take visitors from Maya domestic life to the architecture of power in the Zapotitán Valley.
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Joya de Cerén preserves the remains of a pre-Hispanic farming community buried by an eruption in the seventh century. Its homes, storage buildings and growing spaces offer a view of domestic life and the agricultural landscape.
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What makes it special
- Ash from the Loma Caldera eruption preserved earthen buildings and organic materials.
- The remains include homes, storage buildings, a kitchen and growing spaces.
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- whc.unesco.org
- www.cultura.gob.sv
- whc.unesco.org
- whc.unesco.org
- www.cultura.gob.sv
- www.mitur.gob.sv
- whc.unesco.org
- whc.unesco.org
- El Salvador · Wikidata
- El Salvador · Wikidata
- El Salvador · Wikidata
- El Salvador · World Countries — mledoze
- El Salvador · World Bank Open Data
- El Salvador · DBpedia
- Sostenibilidad de las familias en los entornos de humedales de agua dulce del occidente de El Salvador · Crossref
- Discontinuidades y limitaciones de los últimos planes turísticos de España en relación a la sostenibilidad ambiental del turismo de sol y playa · Crossref
- Joya de Cerén · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Place identification and coordinates
Profile updated: 05/10/2026