San Francisco Church

The Church of San Francisco is a church of historical value in Brazil and serves as a colonial monument. Monks of the Franciscan order, who arrived in El Salvador in 1587, soon built this church, but during the Dutch invasion in the early seventeenth century it was destroyed.

A new church was built in its place between 1708 and 1723. The interior was decorated by several artists in the XVIII century. The interior decoration was completed by 1755. The interior decoration of the temple is completely covered with gilded carved elements and paintings. The altar displays typical Solomon columns and concentric corners-arches, which are decorated with golden foliage, angels and birds. But the arches of the passages are completely covered with wooden panels with paintings.