Leon is a colonial and historic
city, located on the occident part of Nicaragua, it offers her visitors
different places they can visit and enjoy her beuty, culture and tradition.
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| Cathedral of the City of Leon |
This city is also known as the University City, due to
she holds the oldest university in the Country, and one of the last to be
founded by the Spanish kingdom in America, that is the National Autonomous
University of Nicaragua, or well known as the UNAN – León.
Leon is also home of the
Cathedral of the Virgin of Assumption, a historic building that was constructed
more than 400 years ago by the catholic Spanish settlers.
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| Ladies praying to the Virgin of Merced |
The majority of the people in
Leon are catholic, believers of God and of the intersection of the Virgin Mary.
In august the people of this city celebrate the Virgin of the Assumption, in
September the Virgin of Merced. Practically true the hold year there are all kinds
of religious festivities.
Leon was also the home of the
universal Poet Rubén Darío, who lifted up the name of Nicaragua in other
countries and has inherited a change to the Spanish literature.
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| Monument of Ruben Dario |
