Tazumal

Tazumal archaeological site is located in the Municipality of Chalchuapa, Department of Santa Ana, El Salvador This area is within the archaeological area of ​​Chalchuapa, whose approximate area is 10 km² Its name comes from the farm where the main structures stood when excavations began (by Stanley Boggs) in the 1940s. It consists of a series of structures that were the setting for an important and sophisticated ceremonial center that would be expanded at various stages throughout its history. It would be built in the Early Classic period (AD 200 - AD 600), and would continue to be occupied in the Late Classic (AD 600 - AD 900) and early Postclassic (AD 900) periods. - 1200 AD); being a settlement of Mayan culture in the classic and Nahua in the postclassic. Being influenced throughout its history by Copán and Teotihuacán (in the classic), and by the Toltecs (in the postclassic).

Joya de Ceren Archaeological Park

Joya de Cerén is a pre-Columbian site in El Salvador located in the vicinity of San Juan Opico and Las Flores, in the Department of La Libertad, in the Central-Western Region of El Salvador. It was inhabited at least since the year 400 by an agricultural town tributary to San Andrés and was abandoned around the year 600 due to the eruption of Laguna Caldera. The site allows you to appreciate the daily life of a Mayan agricultural people from 1400 years ago (VII century), the only one known in El Salvador. It is one of the most important archaeological sites in Mesoamerica because it shows what life was like for ordinary people. That is why it is often called the Pompeii of America, compared to the archaeological site of Pompeii, located in Italy. In 1993, Joya de Cerén was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.