4. The white city, La Ciudad Blanca: It is a legendary settlement, in Honduras, an object of study for many. It is rumored to have been a gold city.
Many explorers came to discover it but failed. Some of them are: Herman Cortes stumbled upon it in 1526, then Cristobol de Pedraza in 1544.
Archeologist William Strong noted ‘archeological mounds' near Rio Patuca and Rio Conquirre in 1933, providing more fuel for a growing legend where “nobles there ate from plates of gold.”
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