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Monday’s Monument:  Monument to Reconciliation, Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador

Monday’s Monument: Monument to Reconciliation, Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador

by Susan | Aug 8, 2022 | Monuments

This park is a monument to the Chapultepec Peace Accords, which brought peace to El Salvador in 1992 after more than a decade of civil war. It was opened in 2017. A landscaped path — el camino a la reconciliación, the road to reconciliation — leads from...
Monday’s Monument: Monumento Cristo de la Paz, San Marcos, El Salvador

Monday’s Monument: Monumento Cristo de la Paz, San Marcos, El Salvador

by Susan | Jun 13, 2022 | Monuments

This “Christ of Peace” was designed by the sculptor Rubén Martínez in honor of the Peace Accords of Chapultepec, signed in 1992, which ended a decade-long civil war. It was unveiled in 1994 during the Central American Sports Games that took place in the city of San...
Monday’s Monument: Monumento del Primer Grito de la Independencia de Centro América, San Salvador, El Salvador

Monday’s Monument: Monumento del Primer Grito de la Independencia de Centro América, San Salvador, El Salvador

by Susan | Apr 5, 2021 | Monuments

A year after the more famous Mexican Grito de Dolores on September 16, 1810, Central America also shouted for freedom and liberty, in El Salvador. This monument marks that occasion, on November 5, 1811. Manuel Jose Arce proclaimed in a speech in what is now Libertad...

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