This Cathedral has suffered considerable inconveniences throughout history.

According to historical facts it began to be built in 1888 with Basic materials only such as wood and plate and remained until a fire gutted it in 1951.

Gothic details and classical style columns were some of the Cathedral's main features, very similar to the current Metropolitan Cathedral.

The former building was replaced by the new Metropolitan Cathedral, inaugurated on the 10th March 1999 being the last cathedral to be blessed in the twentieth century. It has a festive and colorful facade.

The Cathdral has a festive and colorful facade.

In La Union department in the municipality of Conchagua, about a hundred and ninety kilometers away from San Salvador, rises the amazing Conchagua Volcano about one thousand and two hundred meters above sea level.

The volcano can be viewed from any area of El Salvador's coast and it is one of its main attractions. What is more, this natural beauty overlooks both La Union city and the islands of the Fonseca Gulf.

In order to visit this amazing volcano, it is highly recommended to use a four-wheel drive vehicle since the road that leads to the summit consists of improved terraces.

It is possible to take this road from La Union as well as from Conchagua traveling along it until an access gate to the summit is reached. Such gate is located in the area known as El Faro.

The idea of building a place like this emerged during the administration of General Gerardo Barrios who decided to begin the works in 1866 being completed in 1870.

It was Don Idelfonso Marin in company with Jose Dolores Melara who was in charge of the construction of the palace. They could have hardly imagined that a fire would destroy the building a couple of years later, in November 1889.

After this unfortunate incident took place, a decision was made to build a new National Palace. This time it was engineer José Emilio Alcaine who designed it.

The current palace was built with materials coming from countries such as Germany and Italy among others, and Jose Maria Peralta Lagos directed the construction. Works began in 1905 and were not completed until six years later.

Nowadays this palace has a hundred and one secondary halls and four main halls known for its different colors namely yellow, pink, blue and red. Given the importance of this building, the government declared it National Monument in July 1980.

The Gerardo Barrios Square is surrounded by the National Palace, the Central Library and the Metropolitan Cathedral. In the centre of the square stands a monument to field marshal Gerardo Barrios.

Built as a monument to the general of the army by the Italian Francisco Durini using granite and bronze, this work was finally inaugurated in 1909.

Before taking its present name, Libertad Square, this place used to be known as Plaza de Armas and Plaza Dueñas.

Built during Dr. Duenas administration in 1889, this building, like the National Palace or the old Cathedral, was also severely damaged in the disastrous fire of 1889.

The new Theatre was built in the year 1905 and it looks very much alike the old one. However, this time national engineers directed the works.

The facade of the current building is very similar to what used to be the first building, combining details of the neoclassical, Renaissance and neo-Gothic architecture.

These are two monuments that represent Queen Elizabeth and Christopher Columbus, both located at the entrance of the National Palace.

The two of them were inaugurated on the same day, on the 432nd anniversary of the landing of Columbus in America, the 12th October 1924.

The monuments were donated by King Alfonso XIII of Spain and he himself handed them in to El Salvador government. This event took place during the administration of Dr. Alfonso Quinonez Molina.