Parque de la Paz is a small urban park in the old centre of Managua, created after the end of the Sandinista conflict as a symbol of national reconciliation. The park is built over a pit where thousands of weapons from both sides of the civil war were buried in 1990 following the election that ended eleven years of revolution and counter-revolution.
The park is modest in scale but has an unusual emotional resonance — a formal monument marks the weapon burial site, and the surrounding paths and benches are well tended. It is a quiet, reflective place in a city that rarely stops moving. The park is a short walk from the old cathedral ruins and the National Palace, making it an easy addition to a lakefront-area walk.