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Silver Washing Nicaragua

Get to know El Viejo and all its religiosity, the Minor Basilica will enchant you with its architecture, a tour of its parks will be necessary, in this site you can also visit natural tourist attractions such as the Hato Nuevo Private Wildlife Reserve, the Estero Natural Reserve Padre Ramos and the Cosigüina volcano.

The religious tradition will take you on December 06 to the now famous Lavada de la Plata de la Virgen del Trono.

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Visit this western municipality boarding a bus from Managua at the Israel Lewites market terminal to Chinandega, from 05:00 am to 6:00 pm In Chinandega go to the market to take a bus or interlocal to El Viejo, they leave every five or seven minutes, get off at the back of the Basilica Menor de El Viejo

Circuit attractions

Minor Basilica of El Viejo

It was built in the seventeenth century, in the Basilica is the image of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, known as the Virgin of the Throne, declared Patroness of Nicaragua on May 23, 2001 and brought to these lands in the year 1562. In The Basilica is the oldest baptismal font in this province dating from the year 1560.

Minor Basilica of El Viejo

Mariano Dubón Park

Remodeled in 2015, built to a high standard, it has a kiosk in the center and four lateral corridors, with six bleachers, four in the corners and two on the sides. In it there is a mausoleum that symbolizes the structure of the FSLN, where the remains of the national hero «Comandante Germán Pomares Ordoñez», who fell during the Guerrilla, rest.

Old Identity Park

It is the representation of the origin of indigenous humanity and the mixture of the cultures of a municipality rich in history of love and dedication. You can see in the park the sculpture of the chief Agateyte and the Catholic obelisk.

Chief Agateyte

Hermitage of the Virgin of Hato

It is located in the community of Santa Rita de Albardillo, located 46 kilometers from Chinandega. Vernacular architecture, with a confined masonry construction system.