📜 Modern Brutalist cathedral in San Salvador, completed in 1971.
🔍 Considered one of the finest examples of modern architecture in El Salvador.
🌈 Dazzling rainbow of stained glass inside, dubbed "Stairway to Heaven"
⛪ Unique parabolic concrete structure with radically avant-garde design
🕊️ Final resting place of José Matías Delgado y de León, a key figure in Salvadoran independence
🏢 Exterior may appear bizarre, un-churchlike, or gruff
🌅 Most striking during early morning and evening hours when sunlight streams through stained glass
🙏 Visitors are asked to be respectful as this is an active place of worship
💰 Free admission, modest donation requested.
🕒 Daily 6:30am-noon & 2-7pm.
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