El Salvador Independence - 100 Years - San Salvador, El Salvador
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N 13° 41.849 W 089° 11.363
16P E 263209 N 1515341
This Monument,located in the Plaza Libertad in downtown San Salvador., celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of El Salvador's Independence struggle against Spain.
Waymark Code: WMH2AF
Location: El Salvador
Date Posted: 05/10/2013
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Wikipedia's San Salvador site (
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"Plaza Libertad is the location of the Monumento de los Héroes (Monument to the Heroes), a commemoration of the centenary of the "First Cry of Independence" in 1811. The monument, designed by Francisco Durini Cáseres, and installed in 1911, is crowned by an "angel of freedom" at its pinnacle holding a laurel wreath in both hands. As a consequence of increased commercial activity, the area around the plaza was enhanced with the construction of two ornate buildings, the Portal la Dalia in 1915–1916 and the Portal de Occidente in 1917."
and Wikipedia's El Salvador page (
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"On 5 November 1811, Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rang the bells of Iglesia La Merced in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement. This insurrection was suppressed and many of its leaders were arrested and served sentences in jail. Another insurrection was launched in 1814, and again it was suppressed. Finally, on September 15, 1821, in light of unrest in Guatemala, Spanish authorities capitulated and signed the Acta de Independencia (Deed of Independence) which released all of the Captaincy of Guatemala (comprising current territories of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica and the Mexican state of Chiapas) from Spanish rule and declared its independence."