# National historical monuments of Honduras

The Republic of Honduras has many historical monuments relating to its pre-Columbian native past, as well as its Spanish colonial era and republican period. The law for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Honduras considers examples of historical monuments, fine furniture, and expressions of folk art (folclórica) worthy of preservation.

## Background

The Historical Monument and National Heritage act was passed by the National Congress of Honduras. It is administered by the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH) with legal status and its own assets. Under Honduran law, all archaeological and historical sites and objects are the property of the people of Honduras, with the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia the guardian of this commonwealth. IHAH is charged with conducting and regulating research, with managing both the movable property and sites, and with disseminating knowledge of this patrimony to the people.
A special office, the Fiscalia de Etnias, currently occupied by Jany del Cid (2012), prosecutes violations of the law concerning national patrimony. Controversially, the state government of Honduras does not actually pay the bill for most of this important work. It pays less than a third of the budget. The rest comes mainly from admission fees.

## List of historical monuments

| Date of statement | Monument | Type | Others |
| 11 May 1959 | Fortaleza de San Fernando of Omoa | Historical building | 16th century |
| 19 October 1972 | Comayagua | Urban historical centre | 15th century |
| 21 April 1977 | Headquarters of the National Post of Honduras | Historical building | 19th century |
| 9 November 1979 | Choluteca | Urban historical centre | 16th century |
| 26 November 1981 | Copán | Mayan archaeologic group | 1st century to. C. Also World Heritage Site |
| 28 June 1989 | El Puente, El Jigua, Copán | Mayan archaeologic zone | 1st century d. N. And. |
| 7 September 1990 | Omoa, Cortés. | Historical group-tourist | 16th century |
| 25 July 1991 | San Antonio de Oriente, Francisco Morazán Department. | Historical monument | 17th century |
| 23 March 1993 | Church of Our Lady of Suyapa | National monument | 18th century |
| 24 April 1993 | Santa Rosa de Copán | Historical monument | 17th century (capitalist city in the 18th century) |
| 4 June 1993 | Cedros, Francisco Morazán | Urban historical centre | 17th century (The first Constitution of Honduras was drafted here) |
| 15 July 1993 | Yuscarán, El Paraíso | Urban historical centre | 17th century |
| 11 August 1993 | Headquarters of the House of the Culture. City of The Peace | Historical building | 17th century |
| 16 April 1994 | Trujillo, Colón. | Historical centre, city, bay, Fortress of Santa Bárbara | 15th century |
| 6 June 1994 | Palace Bográn, Santa Bárbara | Historical building, was property of the family Bográn. | 18th century |
| 27 December 1994 | Cerro Juana Laínez, Tegucigalpa, MDC | Tourist natural centre and of cultural recreation. |
| 7 December 1994 | Juticalpa, Olancho | Historical centre | 16th century |
| 3 March 1995 | City of Tegucigalpa and surroundings | Historical urban centre | 16th century |
| 15 November 1996 | Ojojona, Francisco Morazán | Historical urban centre | 17th century |
| 21 January 1997 | Valle de Ángeles, Francisco Morazán | Tourist city | 17th century |
| 1 November 1997 | Archaeologic zone Cerro Palenque, Depto of Cortés. | Archaeologic zone Lenca. |
| 1 November 1997 | The Naranjos, Lake of Yojoa | Archaeologic zone. |
| 1 November 1997 | Tenampúa, Comayagua | Archaeologic zone Lenca. |
| 1 November 1997 | Cuevas of Talgua, Olancho | Archaeologic place, pre-Columbian | 8th century to. C. |
| Church of Langue, Valle | Historical building | 18th century |
| Church of Caridad, Valle | Historical building | 18th century |
| Church of Goascorán, Valle | Historical building | 18th century |
| City of Gracias, Lempira Dept | Historical urban centre | 16th century (First headquarters of the Real Audience of Confine them) |
| 10 October 2010 | The Hill Congolón, Depto of Lempira | Historical natural place |

### Historical buildings of Tegucigalpa

| Order | Monument | Type | Others |
| 1 | Palace of the Ministries | Historical building | 19th century |
| 2 | Manuel Bonilla National Theatre | Historical building | 20th century |
| 3 | Former headquarters of Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEE) | Historical building | 19th century |
| 4 | Municipal palace | Historical building | 19th century |
| 5 | House of Doctor Ramón Rosa | Historical building, headquarters of the Museum of the Honduran Man | 19th century |
| 6 | National Library of Honduras, former headquarters of the National Typography | Historical building, current headquarters of the National Library Juan Ramón Molina | 19th century |
| 7 | National archive of Honduras | Historical building | 19th century |
| 8 | National Gallery of Art (Ancient Paraninfo) | Historical building | 19th century |
| 9 | National School of Fine Arts, Comayagüela, DC | Historical building | 19th century |
| 10A | Palacete Presidential | Historical building, current headquarters of the Presidential Museum, Anthropology and History. | 19th century |

### Historical buildings of Juticalpa

| Order | Monument | Type | Others |
| 1 | Church Cerrito | Historical building | 18th century |
| 2 | House of the Culture | Historical building | 19th century |
| 3 | Institute Fraternity | Historical building | 19th century |