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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in León

2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near León.

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UNESCO sites in León

  • León CathedralCultural · 2011 · 0 km

    Built between 1747 and the early 19th century to the design of Guatemalan architect Diego José de Porres Esquivel, the monument expresses the transition from Baroque to Neoclassical architecture and its style can be cons…

  • Ruins of León ViejoCultural · 2000 · 29 km

    León 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.…

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