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Monsignor
Romero
Center
Centroamerican
University
José
Simeon
Cañas
If
you
want
to
discover
important
events
and
“meet”
personalities
that
influenced
the
history
of
the
last
thirty
years
of
El
Salvador,
the
Monseñor
Romero
Center
and
the
Museum
of
the
Martyrs
is
an
interesting
reference.
The
site
is
located
on
the
campus
of
the
Central
American
University
“José
Simeón
Cañas”
(UCA),
located
in
the
municipality
of
Antiguo
Cuscatlán,
department
of
La
Libertad,
in
an
area
with
easy
access
for
both
pedestrians
and
those
driving
by
vehicle.
Within
its
extensive
facilities,
on
the
route
that
leads
to
the
University
Chapel,
is
the
Monseñor
Romero
Center
that
permanently
displays
the
museum
in
honor
of
the
martyrs
and
victims
of
the
civil
war
that
began
in
the
1980s
in
our
country.
country.
This
university
entity
has
at
its
disposal
various
pastoral
services,
a
theology
department
and
its
respective
library
in
addition
to
the
commemorative
area
for
the
martyrs
of
the
civil
war:
the
Martyrs'
Memorial
Room
(museum),
the
poster
room
(made
for
each
anniversary
of
the
victims)
and
the
Rose
Garden,
located
outside
the
building.
Start
your
journey
towards
the
Martyrs'
Memorial
Hall,
better
known
as
the
“Martyrs'
Hall.”
In
it
you
will
find
personal
memories
of
Monsignor
Óscar
Arnulfo
Romero,
the
archbishop
of
San
Salvador
murdered
in
March
1980,
in
the
process
of
beatification
and
one
of
the
most
important
figures
in
the
country;
of
the
Maryknoll
missionary
sisters,
of
Father
Rutilio
Grande
and
the
six
Jesuit
priests
of
the
UCA,
among
whom
was
the
philosopher
Ignacio
Ellacuría,
murdered
in
the
1980s
at
the
hands
of
an
army
battalion.
In
addition,
there
is
a
permanent
exhibition
of
photographs
and
tributes
dedicated
to
the
victims
of
the
armed
conflict
in
El
Salvador,
Central
America
and
the
world.
The
emotional
Rose
Garden
is
the
complement
of
the
previous
room
since
this
was
the
place
where
the
six
Jesuit
priests,
the
landlady
Elba
Ramos
and
her
daughter
Celina,
were
martyred
in
the
early
hours
of
November
16,
1989.
From
that
date
until
today,
The
roses
represent
the
historical
legacy
that
these
people
left
after
their
death.
After
this
moving
scenario,
you
can
move
to
the
Poster
Room,
which
keeps
the
exhibition
of
its
collection
of
posters
open
in
honor
of
the
martyrs
of
the
university,
Monsignor
Romero,
and
figures
of
peace
in
the
history
of
the
armed
conflict
in
El
Salvador.
In
addition,
the
shocking
forensic
photographs
of
that
fateful
November
16
are
available
to
visitors.
The
only
restriction
is
not
to
take
them
out
of
the
room
or
play
them.
The
university
also
has
an
emblematic
chapel
named
“Jesus
Christ
the
Liberator”
since
1985.
The
remains
of
the
martyrs
of
the
UCA
and
other
Jesuit
priests
rest
there.
You
will
also
be
able
to
see
a
unique
representation
of
the
Stations
of
the
Cross:
simple
and
at
the
same
time
impressive
drawings
that
refer
to
the
torture
to
which
the
victims
of
the
armed
conflict
in
El
Salvador
were
subjected.
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