page_title: San Salvador Historic Downtown
section_title: Plaza Salvador del Mundo
hierarchical_section_title: San Salvador Historic Downtown / Notable Sites / Plaza Salvador del Mundo
caption_attribution_description: English: El Salvador del mundo es uno de los monumentos más representativos de El Salvador. Esta Ubicado en San Salvador y muchos lo visitan ya que lo consideran un ícono de San Salvador This is a photo of an monument in El Salvador identified by the ID 06140053
context_page_description: The San Salvador historic downtown includes the area where the capital city of El Salvador has been located since the 16th century. This district has long been the country's political, economic and religious center.
  The history of San Salvador began here in the mid-16th century. After the pacification of the region by the Spanish conquistadors, the small town of Villa de San Salvador in the Valle de la Bermuda was gradually abandoned. The settlement was relocated in 1545 to the valley known by the native Pipils as Zalcuatitán, and renamed "Valle de las Hamacas" by the Spaniards. This campsite was on the slope then called Palo Verde, and was known as "La Aldea". North of that site rose the Plaza Mayor, where the Plaza Libertad now stands. The Church dedicated to Santísimo Salvador del Mundo was erected on its east side.
  The original buildings of the Spanish colony have been mostly destroyed by natural disasters over the years. The few notable surviving buildings were erected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The earthquake of 1986 severely damaged the area, and due to rising unemployment it has been occupied by a large number of street vendors and other informal traders.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo
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