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Semana Santa Centro Historico de San Salvador in San Salvador
Semana Santa in San Salvador's historic center refers to the capital's own Holy Week processions and church observances, concentrated around the Metropolitan Cathedral and the surrounding colonial-era downtown blocks. It represents the capital-city expression of the nationwide Semana Santa tradition, distinct from the more famous alfombra displays associated with Sonsonate.
Downtown San Salvador carries the weight of the country's religious history in its architecture, most visibly in the Metropolitan Cathedral that anchors the historic center and in the devotion to the Divino Salvador del Mundo, the image of Christ that gives both the city and the country their name.