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The World is My Oyster wrote a review Dec. 2020
Orlando, Florida18,427 contributions5,395 helpful votes
Really neat design, with a Gothic look about it. Reminded me of some of the churches in Prague and Budapest. The inside is also really pretty with some great artwork. They also have the head of Jesus from a statue that crumpled down during their last major earthquake.
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Date of experience: December 2020
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This basilica Sagrado Corazon de Jesus is an old church with gothic style located at the heart of San Salvador, and besiode the Central Market where you may find all and great variety of fresh products such as vegetables, candies, fruits, chickens, ducks birds, iguanas, flowers,You name it!. it is also located in front of Los Ilustres Cemetery.…
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Date of experience: December 2017
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Good but be careful outside since lot of thief walking around there, there is a place in front of that to eat Tortas and its the best place, yeah the basilica as well i guess.
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Date of experience: October 2017
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Visited the Basilica with the ECTours Free Walking Tour group. Very European architecture but with an interesting back story and history. It was built in Belgium and shipped to San Salvador more than 100 years ago. First misdirected to San Salvador, Brazil but eventually arriving in El Salvador. It was reassembled, ongoing when the 1917 earthquake struck, and as a result of materials being stolen post-earthquake was never finished. The most astounding fact is the exterior of the church is covered in metal (tin?) panels! It’s not stone. Painted metal. Even the roof is tin. I’d love to see what it sounds like in the rain. Very peaceful inside and definitely worth your time to stop in and have a look around!…
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Date of experience: January 2018
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A century old Neo-Gothic church that served members of a once wealthy but now rather shabby down-at-heels neighborhood. It appears to have been built of wood but clad with sheets of metal and then painted to look like stone. Interestingly directly across the street is some sort of LGBT community center with a giant "rainbow flag" displayed on the building.…
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Date of experience: June 2017
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