EL SALVADOR: El Rosario Church

This has to be one of the most stunning modern churches I’ve seen. El Rosario Church in San Salvador is absolutely unique in design – brutalist on the outside, and a naturally-lit rainbow on the inside.

The church is the resting place of José Matías Delgado, one of the most prominent leaders of El Salvador’s independence. The current church was built in the 1971, and the design at the time proved so controversial that the Vatican had to approve it over the heads of local Catholic authorities. I personally think it’s absolutely stunning – you would never guess what’s inside from the outside:

Source: Gone for Long

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