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Podcast: Granada & León, Nicaragua
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] Join us on an audio tour of Granada, with sounds of the market, Lago de Nicaragua and a street parade and band. We round off this podcast with a bit of Nicaraguan history and some thoughts on the [...]
León, Nicaragua
León is the former capital of Nicaragua, and is situated in the most volcanic region in Central America – a chain of ten volcanoes stretching all the way to the border with El Salvador. León was founded in 1524 by Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba, and was capital from the colonial period until Managua took over [...]