In 2007, a smaller, above ground dump appeared in the same area, within sight of visible ruins.
The visible ruins are located between a hill and a river, each carries the name of Guiengola.
Allow at least one hour to get to the top - there is another section around 100m further on behind those ruins visible from the town.
The visible ruins probably date from around the 9th century AD.
Also inside the citadel are the visible ruins of three churches and several unidentified buildings.
The most visible ruins are tall, stark adobe walls of the Spanish mission church.
It has not been excavated and the visible ruins are scanty.
By 2003, most of the city was rebuilt, with only a few remaining visible ruins in the city center.
Shortly afterwards the castle was abandoned and decayed during the following centuries, leaving no visible ruins.
In the lated 1870s the place was uninhabited, with ruins still visible.