Antiguo Cuscatlan- District 3, West San Salvador: Multiplaza Panamericana, San Salvador El Salvador Mormon Temple, El Pedregal tower, Campestre towersAntiguo Cuscatlan is a wealthy neighbourhood in the West part of the city. In Antiguo Custatlan you find the 104m tall El Pedregal Torre 1, from 2010, that is the tallest building in the country. It is also one of the few highrise residential buildings in the country, almost all of them are in the West part of San Salvador. A similar twin tower is also planned. Next to the highrise is the large, colourful Multiplaza Panamericana mall, and the San Salvador El Salvador Temple, a white, large mormon temple with interesting architecture, built in 2011. The temple is very beautiful and was the first mormon temple to be built in El Salvador. Multiplaza is a chain of malls, and the one in San Salvador is the largest one, the first phase opened in 2004. Among the 250 stores and services are Calvin Klein, Adidas, Gap, Victorias secret, the Mexican cinema complex Cinepolis (with 12 theatres) and a large branch of the American department store chain Sears. Like most malls in Central America it is very open, and the architecture is influenced by local buildings. In Antiguo Cuscatlan, you also find some more of the few highrises in El Salvador, like the Campestre towers, with 22 and 19 floors from 2008. |