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León was the capital city of Nicaragua for over 200 years until replaced by Managua in 1851. It is regarded as the "intellectual capital" with a university, several religious colleges and the Metropolitan Cathedral, considered the largest cathedral in Central America. Its architecture is representative of religious art from the mid-1700's to the present. The country's most prestigious political, religious and intellectual figures are buried here. |
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| ESSENCE OF THE AREA |
| Leon is a city with colonial history. It was the capital for over 300 years and one of the most prominent Latin American colonial cities, playing a great role in the commercial and intellectual life of Spanish America, filled with great Cathedrals and Churches, indigenous neighborhoods and green parks. This will give you a glimpse of what colonial towns where like. Leon has also been an university town since colonial days. |
| RECOMMENDED STAY |
| 1 night |
| MUST SEE |
| The Cathedral of León, The Church of San Juan Bautista de Subtiava, Ruben Dario Museum, las Ruinas de Leon Viejo, Los hervideros de San Jacinto.
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