HERITAGE RECORD · 675

Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

霍亚－德赛伦考古遗址

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600. Because of the exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight into the daily lives of the Central American populations who worked the land at that time.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ27985 ↗

Area5 ha

Administrative areaQ2003995

WikipediaJoya de Cerén ↗

Chinese Wikipedia霍亚德赛伦 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

Cultural archive

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Brief Synthesis Joya de Cerén is an archaeological site located at the Canton Joya de Cerén, in the Department of La Libertad in El Salvador.

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