Monument to the Truth - San Salvador, El Salvador
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N 13° 41.980 W 089° 12.491
16P E 261177 N 1515601
This mural is a Monument to the tens of thousands of civilians who were killed, disappeared or otherwise afflicted by the Salvadoran Civil War 1979-1992.
Waymark Code: WMH8CX
Location: El Salvador
Date Posted: 06/06/2013
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This mural recalls the awful Civil War in El Salvador from 1979 to 1992 in which civilians were often deliberately targeted. 70,000 to 80,000 people were killed. 8,000 disappeared and over 1 Million in a country of fewer than 6 million were displaced.
Read more about the conflict at (
visit link) mural however also reminds us of the atrocities which occured in much earlier times including the Spanish treatment of the indigenous peoples, labor strifes, and other human rights abuses. At the end of the mural, the Memorial morphs into a wall with the names of the thousands of victims of the Civil War.
A plaque at the site indicates that the artist is Julio Reyes and was unveiled on November 2, 2005. The material seems to be unglazed ceramic.
The Monument is entitled "A La Memoria Y La Verdad" which means "To the Memory and the Truth".
See a You Tube video in Spanish showing the Memorial at (
visit link)