IGLESIA SAN SALVADOR DE BAYAMO

(NATIONAL MONUMENT)

THE ORIGINOF THE HERMITAGE OF SAN SALVADOR GOES BACK TO 1514,IT WAS HUMBLY BUILT ON PALM TREE AND GUANO(PALM TREE LEAVES).IN 1600 THE TEMPLE WAS REBUILT ON WOOD ,BECOMING A TYPICAL BUILDING OF THE XVII AND XVIII CENTURIES .IN 1869 WAS ALMOST TOTALYDESTROYED BY THE FIRE.

THE CAPILLA DOLOROSAREMAINED AS A WITNESS OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY BY ITS OWN PEOPLE.

THE PRESENT CHURCH HAS NEOCLASSICAL STYLE.THE CENTRAL ARCH HAS A MURAL REVEALING THE BLESSING OF THE DEMAJAGUA FLAG AND THE FIRST TIME THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS SUNG ON NOVEMBER 8,1868,ITS AUTHOR:DOMINICAN PAINTER JULIO DESANGLES.

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