San Juan
is really San Juan Parangaricutiro church ruins (Paricutín lava field), Angahuan, Michoacán
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
A historic landmark where only a church remains after a volcanic eruption buried the village in lava.
The real place
The Paricutín volcano rose from a cornfield in 1943, and its lava buried the town of San Juan Parangaricutiro by 1944. Only the upper part of the church still stands above the rock.
Visiting
Start from Angahuan, where local guides offer walks or horse rides of about an hour to the ruins. Sturdy shoes help on the sharp lava.
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