EL TAZUMAL
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The two archaeological sites, El Tazumal and Casa Blanca, are 5 kilometres away from each other. They were set between 300 and 900. , in the so-called classic period. However, we know that Tazumal was occupied in 1200 BC the water flow system, dating from 300 to 500. is still working. The 1 structure, one of the later, evokes the architecture of Teotihuacán in Mexico. In the past, the site was the home of a poorly known civilization, named "tazumalense" by specialists. El Tazumal is the most visited site, but unfortunate restorations (and the puncture of roads!) have discredited its true appearance, while the earthquakes of early 2001 have seriously damaged the whole.
One discovers in the museum «Las de Las Victorias», the olmèque sculpture considered to be the southernmost of the Central American continent (the statues discovered on the archipelago of Zapateras in Nicaragua also evoke the influence of the Olmèques, the primitive civilization of Mesoamerica), the statue of the god Xipe Totec. Jade coins can be purchased at the studio adjoining the museum entrance.
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