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Extract from the Comayagua Travel Guides:
The conquistadors' first city and the capital of Honduras until independence, faded
COMAYAGUA
lies just 85km north of its rival, Tegucigalpa, at the northeast end of the fertile Comayagua valley. Today, the main reason to visit is the architectural legacy of the colonial period, in particular the dramatic cathedral overlooking the Parque Central. The first Spanish settlement was established here on December 8, 1537, and destroyed soon afterwards during the Lempira rebellion. Swiftly rebuilt in 1539, Santa Mara de Comayagua, as it was first known, rapidly became wealthy thanks to the discovery of
silver
in the vicini...
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