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Francisco Morazán Quezada

 
 
Francisco Morazán Quezada Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, November 5, 2019
1. Francisco Morazán Quezada Marker
Inscription.  

“La educación popular es el lema de las naciones libres, para destruir los errores y preparar el triunfo de la razón y la libertad.”
Francisco Morazán

Francisco Morazán Quezada
Paladín de la integración centroamericana

“Lego mis restos al pueblo salvadoreño en prueba de mi predilección y reconocimiento por su valor y sacrificio en defensa de la libertad y de la unión centroamericana”
(3 de octubre de 1792 – 15 de septiembre de 1842)

Luis Argueta Antillon, Rector Universidad de El Salvador

David Orlando Marín, Rector Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán

Juan Jose Figueroa Tenas, Embajador de El Salvador

César Antonio Pinto Valle, Embajador de Honduras

San Salvador, El Salvador, diciembre de 2016.

Testimonio de hermandad entre los pueblos de Honduras y El Salvador.


English translation:
“Popular education is the motto of the free nations, in order to destroy errors and prepare for the triumph of reason and freedom.”
Francisco Morazán

Francisco Morazán Quezada
Champion of Central American integration

“I leave my remains to the Salvadoran people as proof of my predilection and recognition for their courage and sacrifice in defense of freedom and the Central American Union”
(October 3 from 1792 - September 15, 1842)

Luis Argueta Antillon, Rector of the University of El Salvador

David Orlando Marín, Rector of the National Pedagogical University of Francisco Morazán

Juan Jose Figueroa Tenas, Ambassador of El Salvador

César Antonio Pinto Valle, Ambassador of Honduras

San Salvador, El Salvador, December 2016.

A testimony of brotherhood among the peoples of Honduras and El Salvador.

 
Erected 2016.
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Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraPatriots & PatriotismWars, US Indian. A significant historical date for this entry is September 15, 1792.
 
Location. 13° 43.138′ N, 89° 12.196′ W. Memorial is in San Salvador. It can be reached from Avenida Don Bosco just north of Autopista Norte, on the right when traveling north. The marker and bust are roughly in the center of the University of El Salvador, just west of the Concha Acústica. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: San Salvador 1101, 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: Heroes of July 30, 1975 (within shouting distance of this marker); Mural in Honor of Salvadoran Women (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); Plaza Dr. Jorge Arias Gómez (about 210 meters away); 1975 University of El Salvador Massacre
Francisco Morazán Quezada Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, November 5, 2019
2. Francisco Morazán Quezada Marker
The marker and bust are to the left of the Concha Acústica (Acoustic Shell) seen here to the right.
(approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Dominican Constitutionalist Revolution Square (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Monument to the University's Victims and Martyrs (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Father José María Vilaseca (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); First Flights to El Salvador (approx. 2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Salvador.
 
Francisco Morazán Quezada image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, November 5, 2019
3. Francisco Morazán Quezada
The Francisco Morazán Quezada bust sculptor's mark image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, November 5, 2019
4. The Francisco Morazán Quezada bust sculptor's mark
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 370 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 15, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
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