Heritage
Monuments of El Salvador
15 listed monuments and heritage sites, ordered by significance: designation, photography and recorded history.
Religious patrimony4listed sites
Tentative World Heritage S…3listed sites
Ramsar site3listed sites
building with patrimonial …2listed sites
1Teatro Nacional de San Salvador
San Salvador, San Salvador Department
opera house · 1917 · Art Nouveau
building with patrimonial value
Photo: Olivia Isabel Flores · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
2Hospital Nacional Rosales
San Salvador, San Salvador Department
hospital · 1891 · Neoclassical
building with patrimonial value
Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
3Joya de Cerén
Santa Tecla, La Libertad Department
archaeological site
World Heritage Site
4Chalchuapa
Santa Ana, Santa Ana Department
district of El Salvador
Tentative World Heritage Site
6Catedral de Zacatecoluca
Zacatecoluca, La Paz Department
cathedral
Religious patrimony
8Plaza Gerardo Barrios
San Salvador, San Salvador Department
cultural property
statues/busts/sculptures/monumen…
9San Vicente Cathedral, El Salvador
San Vicente, San Vicente Department
church
Religious patrimony
10St. John the Baptist Cathedral
Chalatenango, Chalatenango Department
Catholic cathedral
Religious patrimony
11Centro Comercial Galerias
San Salvador, San Salvador Department
built structure
National historical monument of …
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
12Cerrón Grande Dam
Chalatenango, Chalatenango Department
hydroelectric power station
Ramsar site
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
13Most Holy Trinity Cathedral, Sonsonate
Sonsonate, Sonsonate Department
Catholic cathedral
Religious patrimony
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
14Cacaopera
San Francisco Gotera, Morazan
district of El Salvador
Tentative World Heritage Site
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
15Ciudad Vieja
Tecoluca, Cuscatlan
archaeological site
Tentative World Heritage Site
iDesignations
How sites are protected
| Designation | Sites with a page |
|---|---|
| Religious patrimony | 4 |
| Tentative World Heritage Site | 3 |
| Ramsar site | 3 |
| building with patrimonial value | 2 |
| World Heritage Site | 1 |
| statues/busts/sculptures/monuments with patrimonial value | 1 |
| National historical monument of Venezuela | 1 |