Central San Salvador - modern part

In the more modern parts of Central San Salvador, you also find the Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo, the National Monument, a pedestal with a globe on top, with Jesus standing on top of it. The monument was erected in 1942 and stands in the middle of a busy traffic circle, Plaza El Salvador del Mundo. The plaza was heavily upgraded in 2010. The monument was damaged in the 1986 earthquake. A monument to Oscar Romero and a large El Salvadorian flag can also be found at the plaza. Next to the plaza is Centro Financiero Gigante from 1999, that consist of some of the tallest office buildings in San Salvador, the 17-storey Torre Telefónica and its sister tower is a wellknown landmark in the city. Here you also find Metrocentro, the largest shopping mall in Central America and the luxury hotel Real Intercontinental, situated at Boulevard de los Heroes, that is one of the main roads of San Salvador. Metrocentro is partly an outdoor mall, was built in 1970 and was the first of six Metrocentros. The mall has 760 stores, 88 kiosks, 45 fastfood restaurants, and a cinema complex, Cinemark, with 12 cinemas! Parque Zoologique is a wellknown but somewhat neglect zoo, in a neglect area, in the central parts. There are a lot of beautiful churches in different styles in central San Salvador.