San Salvador, El Salvador — Central America (West Coast)

General José Artigas

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, December 8, 2013

1. General José Artigas Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Gral. Jose Artigas
Libertador de Uruguay
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La Ciudad de Montevideo
Cuna de Artigas
a la Rca. De El Salvador
1960

English translation:
General José Artigas
Liberator of Uruguay
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The City of Montevideo, Home of Artigas, to the Republic of El Salvador
1960

Erected 1960.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.

Location. 13° 42.71′ N, 89° 14.866′ W. Memorial is in San Salvador. It is at the intersection of Avenida Masferrer Norte and Calle El Mirador, in the median on Avenida Masferrer Norte. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: San Salvador 01101, El Salvador. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in North America,

specifically in Central America,

in Mesoamerica,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

and in the Western Hemisphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also a Spanish colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Coronel Arturo Castellanos Avenue

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(approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Juan Pablo Duarte (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Three Decades of Alberto Masferrer University (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Captain General Bernardo O'Higgins (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Chilean Nobel Prize Winners (approx. 2 kilometers away); Juan Guzmán Cruchaga (approx. 2 kilometers away); José de San Martín (approx. 2 kilometers away); Bicentennial Park (approx. 2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Salvador.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Eduardo Luis Duhalde (was approx. 2 kilometers away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . José Gervasio Artigas. (Submitted on August 30, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.)

An additional General José Artigas Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, December 8, 2013

2. An additional General José Artigas Marker

Jose Gervasio Artigas
19 de junio 1764 – 23 de septiembre 1850
Fundador de la Nacionalidad Oriental
“Mi autoridad emana de vosotros y ella cesa ante vuestra presencia soberana”
“Embajada de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay”
San Salvador, 25 de agosto de 2011.

English translation:
José Gervasio Artigas
June 19, 1764 - September 23, 1850
Founder of the “Eastern Nationality”
"My authority emanates from you and she ceases before your sovereign presence"
Embassy of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
San Salvador, August 25, 2011.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, December 8, 2013

3. General José Artigas Marker

General José Artigas bust image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, December 8, 2013

4. General José Artigas bust

The bust is inscribed with "Edmundo Prati, escultor, Montevideo"

Credits. This page was last revised on October 20, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 278 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 30, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.