- Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo
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Monument to the Savior of the World 
Location: San Salvador, El Salvador Built: November 26, 1942 Restored: 2010 Architect: José María Barahona Villaseñor 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 on a globe of planet earth and is placed on top of the tall four-sided concrete base pedestal.[1] An illustration of the monument is featured on the reverse of the 200 colón banknote[2] and on the El Salvador license plate.
History
Closer view of Jesus Christ statue on top of the globe
Frontal view of The monument to the savior of the world
San Salvador skateboarder being shot on video while performing a trick off the Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo (English: Monument to the Savior of the World).
Rear view of The monument to the savior of the world
Birds eye view of the Americas plaza or now the El Salvador del mundo plaza
The monument pictured on the 200 colón
The monument featured on the El Salvador license plate
Salvadorans observe the statue of the (Savior of the World), broken and decapitated on the foot of its pedestal after the great earthquakeThe 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.[3] It was unveiled and presented by Araujo's family on November 26, 1942, in connection to the first National Eucharistic Congress in San Salvador.[3]
It was heavily damaged in the 1986 San Salvador earthquake, but was rebuilt and put back in place months later.
The plaza was remodeled completed in 2010.
References
- ^ O'Malley, Charlie (2009). Frommer's Nicaragua and El Salvador. Frommer's. p. 256. ISBN 0470160276, 9780470160275. http://books.google.com/books?id=2__jaeRMFIwC&pg=PA256&dq=monument+saviour+salvador&ei=k9UFTMeLIIK-zgS6ntSUDA&cd=2#v=onepage&q=%22Monument%20to%20the%20Savior%22&f=false.
- ^ Čuhaj, George (2010), Standard Catalog of World Paper Money - Modern Issues: 1961 - Present (16 ed.), F+W Media, Inc, p. 337, ISBN 9781440211591, http://books.google.com/books?id=yArRzO06Z5UC&pg=PA337
- ^ a b "Historia "Ciudad de San Salvador"" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20080113190637/www.amss.gob.sv/pages/ciudad/historia.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
Coordinates: 13°42′04.71″N 89°13′27.99″W / 13.7013083°N 89.2244417°W
Categories:- Buildings and structures in San Salvador
- Statues of Jesus
- Buildings and structures completed in 1942
- El Salvador stubs
- Central American building and structure stubs
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