In August of every year the city of San Salvador gets dressed party in the occasion of the celebration of the festivity in honor the Divine Salvador the World. In this celebration the Biblical passage is retaken in where the Transfiguration of Our Mr. Jesus Christ is related. This is a celebration made by the Catholic religion, which is carried out of San Salvador in center, finalizing with a religious act front to the Cathedral of San Salvador. The 6 of August are the main day of the festivity inhabitant of the capital. These celebrations initiate the 2 of August finalizing the 6 of himself month, with the traditional religious act.
This celebration was established by the Spaniards at the time of the colonization, when find Villa of San Salvador. Although there was a time in which San Salvador was under the invocation of the Santísima Trinidad.
It narrates the history of El Salvador that Gonzalo de Alvarado, brother of Pedro de Alvarado, tapeworm the mission to found Villa of San Salvador on the Valley of Zalcuatitán which was discovered by Pedro de Alvarado.
This valley extends between the volcano of Quezaltepeque, known like Volcano of San Salvador and the Hill Amatepec or Hill San Jacinto. The Valley of Zalcuatitán was inhabited and dominated by the indigenous group Pipil Cuzcatlán. Gonzalo de Alvarado attempts to dominate this territory, but received much resistance on the part of the cuzcatlecos pipiles soldiers who inhabited that zone.
On the year of 1525 Gonzalo de Alvarado founds Villa of San Salvador in territory of the Valley of Zalcuatitan and one put like patron of Villa the Divine Salvador of the World. But the cuzcatlecos pipiles resisted to the Spanish invasion and in 1526 the Villa of San Salvador was destroyed by the cuzcatlecos, having forced all the inhabitants of this Spanish colony to leave that place.
In the year of 1528 is when found newly of Villa of San Salvador, in another place outside the territory of the cuzcatlecos pipiles.
This time the mission was assigned the cousin of Pedro de Alvarado, that is to say, Diego de Alvarado. This found the Villa of San Salvador on the year of 1528 in the place known like the Bermuda in the neighborhoods of Suchitoto. In this occasion new Villa of San Salvador was placed low invocation of the Santísima Trinidad.
The Spaniards continued with their attempts to put under their dominion the cuzcatlecos pipiles. Obtaining its objective in the year of 1539. Counting already on the control on the cuzcatlecos natives, the valley of Zalcuatitan became a calm and safe place. This valley is very attractive for had very fertile earth. This generate that little by little this place went away populating, looking for the attractive creek of Acelhuate, in the place in where today the district of Candelaria is located. At this place get myself to him to know like La Aldea (the Village).
La Aldea went developing with the passage of time, which turned it an attractive place to live. This cause, which many inhabitants of Villa of San Salvador decided to change one to La Aldea. Villa of San Salvador, located in the Bermuda began to remain vacated, reason why was decided to transfer it to the Valley of Zalcuatitan , specifically to a flank of the population that knew itself like La Aldea. Thus it gave to beginning the construction of the new seat of Villa of San Salvador in the year of 1545. The central Park located in where today is the Park Libertad (Freedom). Newly the Villa of San Salvador was under the invocation the Divine Salvador of the World. In the year of 1546 to Villa of San Salvador it is granted title of city from the Spanish monarchy.
This celebration is accompanied with the accomplishment of fairs as It “Fair consumes” that it is carried in the facilities of the Convention center and Fair, as well as the traditional “Field of the Fair”, organized in the neighborhood of the Church Catholic Maria Auxiliadora (Don Rua). The party's August is accomplishment of artistic and cultural events, organize by the Mayor of the city of San Salvador and the private company.
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