San Salvador El Salvador Temple

San Salvador El Salvador Temple

The public open house was held from Friday, 1 July 2011, until Saturday, 23 July 2011, following which the temple was dedicated on Sunday, 21 August 2011, in three sessions.

Coordinates: 13°41′0.0492″N 89°14′48.5592″W / 13.683347000°N 89.246822000°W / 13.683347000; -89.246822000

Announced in 2007, construction began on the San Salvador El Salvador Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in September 2008. Ground was broken for the temple and the site was dedicated by Don R. Clarke, of the Seventy and president of the church's Central America Area on 20 September 2008. At the time of completion, it was the fourth temple in Central America. It is the first LDS temple built in El Salvador.

The temple is in Antiguo Cuscatlán, an affluent district southwest of San Salvador. The San Salvador volcano provides a background for the temple grounds and the three-story building.

A public open house was scheduled for Friday, 1 July 2011 through Saturday, 23 July 2011 (not be open on Sundays). The temple was dedicated on Sunday, 21 August 2011, in three dedicatory sessions.

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