Tenampúa is an archaeological site belonging to the Lenca culture dating from the Mesoamerican classical period, located in central Honduras in the Comayagua valley.

The area is also characterized by being full of pine trees and a cool climate hovering between 15 and 21 degrees Celsius in temperature and strong gusts of wind.

From this space you can see part of the Comayagua valley, La Paz and the mountainous surroundings that adjoin the Francisco Morazán department, for this reason the Lenca decided to build the pre-Columbian fortification there.

It is not known precisely why it was abandoned or why the Lencas stopped using it as a ceremonial center to perform religious rituals, it may be that it was used more and more as a refuge and military fort during the constant wars they had during with different manors as evidenced by the remains of walls found on the site.

During the 19th century it was visited by the American explorer and archaeologist Ephraim George Squier in 1853, who sent reports and letters about the ruins to the New York community of historians.

According to the archaeologist Federico Lunardi at the time of visiting the ruins, they still had several lagoons and palaces that were still visible in 1948, which would suggest that the site also had recreation areas for the ruling elite and the priestly caste.

Currently you can still see an area with stoneware and some wells that, due to abandonment, currently measure half a meter deep, which suggests that the Lencas managed a system of aqueducts that took advantage of rainwater and the streams near the site to launder, store it, and distribute it within the enclosure.