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“Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site” UNESCO.org
“El Salvador’s Mayan Ruins Enhance Its Scenic Landscape” TravelLady
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“Ruins of Joya de Cerén” VirtualTourist.com
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 8 attractions in San Salvador
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Traveler Description: Excavation at "Jewel of the Ceren", a pre-Columbian Mayan farming village, that was buried under a volcanic eruption around 600 A.D.
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Attraction type: Ancient ruins
Address: San Salvador
El Salvador

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“Simple that it was”
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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Silver Spring, MD
Jun 8, 2006
10/12 found this review helpful

When we think about pre-columbinan time, our mind fly easily thinking that those people were wild, but not, in Joya de Ceren you can learn how Mayan towns were in daily living how were their houses, what they took as a meal. They were a simple people but with high organization and many of ways works. The best way to... more

“エルサル唯一の世界遺産”
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3 of 5 stars
PUR014 56 contributions
Tokyo, Japan
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Jan 26, 2009

観光地に乏しいエルサル唯一の世界遺産です。 「世界遺産」という響きに期待大で行きましたが、現地はとても素朴でこじんまり... more

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