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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".
Banking and Insurance. Number of employees. 1,800 (2012) Parent. Davivienda. Website. www.davivienda.com.sv. Banco Davivienda El Salvador, established in 1885, is the third largest bank in El Salvador. [1] As of 2012, it had some 65 branches, 1,800 employees and $1.5 billion in assets.
Signature. José Matías Delgado y de León (24 February 1767 – 12 November 1832) was a Salvadoran priest and doctor known as El Padre de la Patria Salvadoreña (The Father of the Salvadoran Fatherland). [1] He was a prominent leader in the independence movement of El Salvador from the Spanish Empire. From 28 November 1821 to 9 February 1823 ...
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 ...
Religion in El Salvador (2022 estimate) [1] Catholicism (41.9%) Protestantism (35.9%) Other Christian (1.7%) No religion (19.9%) Others (0.6%) St. Anne's Cathedral in Santa Ana. Christianity is the predominant religion in El Salvador, [2] with Catholicism and Protestantism being its main denominations. The Catholic share of the population is on ...
In the 1989 presidential election, Cristiani was elected President with 53.8% of the vote.His swearing-in marked the beginning of a 20-year period of ARENA presidencies, and also marked only the second time in El Salvador's history that the ruling party peacefully surrendered power to the opposition.
The Monument to the Reconciliation (Spanish: Monumento a la Reconciliación) was a monument which existed in El Salvador from 2017 until its demolition in 2024.The monument, which was designed by sculptor Napoleón Alberto Escoto, commemorated the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords which ended the Salvadoran Civil War.
Catholic Church by country. The Catholic Church in El Salvador is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome and the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador. There are almost 5 million Catholics in El Salvador. The country is divided into eight dioceses including one archdiocese, San Salvador.