Ciudad Vieja, El Salvador

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Ciudad Vieja

Ruins of Ciudad Vieja
Location in El Salvador
Location	El Salvador
Region	Cuscatlán Department
Coordinates	13°53′N 89°02′W / 13.883°N 89.033°W / 13.883; -89.033
Type	Settlement
History
Builder	Spanish conquistadors
Founded	1525
Abandoned	1528
Periods	Spanish conquest of El Salvador
Site notes
Condition	Ruined
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda
Type	Cultural
Designated	21 September 1992
Reference no.	209

Ciudad Vieja (Spanish for "Old City") is an archaeological site located roughly 10 km south of Suchitoto, in the Cuscatlán Department of central El Salvador.^[1] The site served as the first location of San Salvador, now the Central American nation's capital.^[2]