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Windy
Castle
Former
Residence
of
Margarita
Moran
Guirola.
Currently
it
is
a
Branch
of
the
Agricultural
Bank.
It
is
an
icon
that
keeps
memories
of
one
of
the
times
of
San
Salvador
of
the
last
century.
It
is
one
of
the
2
20th
century
castles
that
exist
in
El
Salvador.
Replica
of
a
Scottish
castle
that
Margarita
Morán
Guirola
fell
in
love
with
during
her
time
in
Europe.
Today,
the
Venturoso
Castle
is
the
identification
of
one
of
the
most
beautiful
colonies
that
survive
the
population
growth
of
the
capital.
Symbol
of
an
intangible
heritage
that
gives
life
to
those
architectural
designs
of
the
mid-20th
century.
The
third
level
of
the
fortress
was
built
of
wood.
There,
Doña
Margarita
offered
theatrical
presentations
to
select
groups
of
the
Salvadoran
bourgeoisie.
Then,
he
invited
them
to
spend
the
night
in
a
series
of
small
rooms
that
give
life
to
a
kind
of
labyrinth.
Colonia
Flor
Blanca
San
Salvador
El
Salvador,
Central
America.
Former
Home
of
Counts,
Diplomats
and
Wealthy
Families
of
El
Salvador.
El
Salvador
1930.
The
growth
of
San
Salvador
towards
the
west
was
more
than
imminent:
the
border
of
the
capital
that
reached
the
Rosales
hospital
was
left
behind.
The
sign
of
growth
came
in
the
mid-1930s,
when
Cuscatlán
Park
and
the
Flor
Blanca
stadium
(today
Mágico
González)
were
built.
The
area
gained
notoriety
and
began
to
be
populated
by
the
wealthy
families
of
the
time.
Families
such
as
the
Nuila,
Cristiani,
Interiano,
Guirola,
Baldocchi,
Castaneda
Castro,
Pinto,
Murray
Meza,
Saca
and
the
counts
of
Falconi
lived
in
the
place.
The
main
architects
of
the
new
colony
were
the
architects
Ernesto
de
Sola
and
Armando
Sol,
who
trained
at
universities
in
the
United
States
and
Belgium,
respectively.
Both
professionals
dedicated
themselves
to
designing
residences
and
houses
under
the
neocolonial
influence
(architectural
style
in
which
semicircular
arches,
wooden
and
tile
roofs
predominate),
but
they
were
not
the
only
ones;
other
architects
also
built
some
houses
such
as
Eng.
F.
Noltenius
H.
and
S.
Choussy
G.
The
Flor
Blanca
neighborhood
is
one
of
the
most
important
historical
architectural
legacies
of
the
Salvadoran
capital.
Its
impressive
residences
date
back
to
the
mid-20th
century
and
are
a
reflection
of
the
neocolonial
and
international
style
that
characterized
the
high
city
of
that
time.
With
the
passing
of
the
years
and
the
inevitable
growth
of
the
capital,
Social
Phenomena
and
other
factors
influenced
little
by
little
its
distinguished
residents
to
emigrate
to
other
sectors
of
the
capital.
Curiously,
the
owners
of
the
uninhabited
properties
of
Flor
Blanca
emigrated
to
the
Escalón,
taking
from
its
previous
home
only
its
architectural
and
colonial
details.
Details
that
can
now
also
be
seen
in
the
residences
of
Santa
Elena
or
in
the
San
Francisco
neighborhood.
Slowly
the
houses
of
La
Flor
Blanca
began
to
fall
into
disrepair.
Despite
this,
many
of
the
buildings
defy
time
and
today
show
the
wounds
caused
by
it,
gradually
losing
their
rich
architectural
details.
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