Casa del Obrero

León


An early 20th-century landmark, the Casa del Obrero (House of the Worker) honors Nicaraguan laborers. The building became a historical symbol on September 21, 1956, when the Leonese poet and journalist from León, Rigoberto López Pérez, shot President Somoza at a party inside this building and died immediately in a hail of bullets.


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2. UCC

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5. Parque Rubén Darío

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6. Museo de Arte Fundación Ortiz-Gurdián

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7. Museo Histórico de la Revolución

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8. Mausoleo de los Héroes y Mártires

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