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The iconic statue of Christ on the globe sphere of planet Earth is part of the Monument to Divino Salvador del Mundo on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza). The statue was damaged in the 1986 San Salvador earthquake. [3] [4] It was rebuilt and put back in place months after the campaign "Lift up your soul Salvadoran".
District 2 is also home to Plaza Las Americas, or El Salvador del Mundo, as it is known locally; the plaza is located at one of the largest intersections in the city, where Paseo Escalón, Constitution Boulevard, Alameda Manuel Enrique Araujo, and Roosevelt Avenue meet. The Plaza was remodeled in 2010 under the administration of Norman Quijano.
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo. Previously called Plaza las Américas, it is the site of the Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo (Monument to the Divine Savior of the World), first erected in 1942. This plaza was the scene of the beatification of the assassinated Archbishop of San Salvador, Óscar Romero, held on 23 May 2015. [1]
El Salvador, [a] officially the Republic of El Salvador, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a ...
A map of El Salvador. The San Salvador Metropolitan Area. This article shows a list of cities in El Salvador. Cities
The store transferred its operations to the new branch in the Plaza Mundo shopping mall in September 2010 and it is currently headquartered in the Lifestyle Center La Gran Via. [ 2 ] In 1974 a large parking was built at the downtown store, now closed, and the original store located in the center of the capital was expanded.
San Salvador (Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðoɾ];) is the capital and the largest city [5] of El Salvador and its eponymous department. [6] It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. [7]
1833-1834: A short lived Department of Tejutla was established from the districts of Metapan and Tejutla in San Salvador. [2] January 22, 1835: The Federal District of San Salvador is separated both from San Salvador department and from the State of Salvador. The remainder of San Salvador department is renamed to Cuscatlan, and Metapan district ...