Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo

Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo (English: Monument to the Savior of the World) is a monument located on the Plaza las Américas in San Salvador City, El Salvador. A statue of Jesus Christ is placed on top of the tall four-sided concrete base.^[1] An illustration of the monument is featured on the reverse of the 200 colón banknote and on the El Salvador license plate.

History

The monument was built on a pedestal originally used to decorate the tomb of Manuel Enrique Araujo, the President of El Salvador between 1911 and 1913.^[2] It was unveiled and presented by Araujo's family on November 26, 1942, in connection to the first National Eucharistic Congress in San Salvador.^[2]

It was heavily damaged in the 1986 San Salvador earthquake,^[3] but was rebuilt and put back in place months later.

Currently, the monument's plaza is being remodeled and is set to be completed at the end of 2010.

References

^ O'Malley, Charlie (2009). Frommer's Nicaragua and El Salvador. Frommer's. p. 256. ISBN 0470160276, 9780470160275. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)
^ ^a ^b "Historia "Ciudad de San Salvador"" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
^ "Monseñor Arturo Rivera Damas, Artesano de la Paz" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-02. ^{[dead link]}

13°42′04.71″N 89°13′27.99″W / 13.7013083°N 89.2244417°W / 13.7013083; -89.2244417

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[1] O'Malley, Charlie (2009). Frommer's Nicaragua and El Salvador. Frommer's. p. 256. ISBN 0470160276, 9780470160275. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)

[historia-2] "Historia "Ciudad de San Salvador"" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2010-06-02.

[3] "Monseñor Arturo Rivera Damas, Artesano de la Paz" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-02. ^{[dead link]}

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