Place 3 of 5San Salvador, El Salvador
Tazumal
The history
The largest and best-preserved Maya ruins in El Salvador, at Chalchuapa — a stepped pyramid complex occupied for well over a thousand years.
In brief
Tazumal is a pre-Columbian archeological site in Chalchuapa, El Salvador. Tazumal is an architectural complex within the larger area of the ancient Mesoamerican city of Chalchuapa, in western El Salvador. The Tazumal group is located in the southern portion of the Chalchuapa archaeological zone. Archaeologist Stanley Boggs excavated and restored the Tazumal complex during the 1940s and 1950s.
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