San Salvador, El Salvador — Central America (West Coast)
Monument to the University's Victims and Martyrs
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 5, 2019
1. Monument to the University's Victims and Martyrs Marker
Universitarias/os victimas y mártires
del 30 de julio 1975
Asamblea General Universitaria 2003-2005
Comision gestora
Adolfo Flores Cienfuegos ∙ Coordinador
Antonio Salomon Rivas ∙ Carlos Enrique Lopez ∙ Rene Martinez Pineda ∙ Edwin Alberto Callejas ∙ Rodolfo Anibal Morales ∙ Jose Orlando Villalta ∙ Ana Liciam Cabrera
Maria Isabel Rodriguez ∙ Rectora
Escuela de Artes ∙ Facultad de Ciencias y Humanidades
Diseño y elaboración ∙ Federico Kril Granados ∙ Sara Boulogne
Participantes en la realización ∙ Profesores ∙ Ricardo Sorto ∙ Napoleon Alberto Romualdo ∙ Carlos Quijada ∙ Jose Orlando Angel
Estudiantes: Omar Elenilson Trejo ∙ Ginar Josue Calderon ∙ Grise Anduanet Campos ∙ Efrain Edmundo Perez ∙ Mauricio Edgardo Esquivel ∙ Jose Alberto Cruz Osorio ∙ Jaime Jose Izaguirre ∙ Fredy Antonio Granillo
Rufino Quezada, Presidente AGO 2005-2007
Ciudad Universitaria, 30 de agosto 2005
this page online
July 30, 1975
General Assembly of the University for 2003-2005
Management Commission
Adolfo Flores Cienfuegos ∙ Coordinator
Antonio Salomon Rivas ∙ Carlos Enrique Lopez ∙ Rene Martinez Pineda ∙ Edwin Alberto Callejas ∙ Rodolfo Anibal Morales ∙ Jose Orlando Villalta ∙ Ana Liciam Cabrera
Maria Isabel Rodriguez ∙ Rector
School of Arts ∙ Faculty of Science and Humanities
Design and development ∙ Federico Kril Granados ∙ Sara Boulogne
Participants in the realization ∙ Teachers ∙ Ricardo Sorto ∙ Napoleon Alberto Romualdo ∙ Carlos Quijada ∙ Jose Orlando Angel
Students: Omar Elenilson Trejo ∙ Ginar Josue Calderon ∙ Grise Anduanet Campos ∙ Efrain Edmundo Perez ∙ Mauricio Edgardo Esquivel ∙ Jose Alberto Cruz Osorio ∙ Jaime Jose Izaguirre ∙ Fredy Antonio Granillo
Rufino Quezada, President AGO 2005-2007
University City, August 30, 2005
Erected 2005.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • Wars, Non-US.
Location. 13° 42.961′ N, 89° 12.217′
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 5, 2019
2. Monument to the University's Victims and Martyrs Marker
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Dominican Constitutionalist Revolution Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Plaza Dr. Jorge Arias Gómez (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); 1975 University of El Salvador Massacre (about 120 meters away); Mural in Honor of Salvadoran Women (about 150 meters away); Francisco Morazán Quezada (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Heroes of July 30, 1975 (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Father José María Vilaseca (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); First Flights to El Salvador (approx. 1.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Salvador.
Regarding Monument to the University's Victims and Martyrs. The monument gives tribute to the students and others killed on July 30, 1975 during a march along nearby Avenida 25. The march was in protest of the Salvadoran government's restrictive policies against the university community. An unknown number of protesters were killed by government forces, with an estimate of at least 100 normally given. This and other actions would lead
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 5, 2019
3. Monument to the University's Victims and Martyrs reverse
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 5, 2019
4. The nearby statue of Minerva, symbol of the University of El Salvador
Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 241 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 15, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
