Leon Viejo, Nicaragua: buried 1524 Spanish city

Where: Central America · North America · approx. 12.4, -86.62 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: One of the oldest Spanish settlements in the Americas, founded 1524 and abandoned after the 1610 earthquake, its unaltered street grid preserved under Momotombo's ash by Lake Managua

What turns up: eyes-only: excavated 16th century foundations, cathedral ruins, Plaza Mayor, lake-edge landscape

Access: Prohibited / view only.

UNESCO World Heritage Site and Nicaraguan national cultural patrimony: strictly a ticketed, guided, eyes-only visit with zero collecting anywhere in or around the ruins

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.