Santiago Nonualco

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  • IMG 5831 Santiago Nonualco church. Santiago Nonualco is a relatively poor community even by El Salvadoran standards.
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  • IMG 5843 mural in church
  • IMG 5862 the Priest was very informative about the church and community
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  • IMG 5871 part of the original wall which was destroyed by earthquake
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  • IMG 5857 the Policeman told us of the history of the town
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  • IMG 5852 loose translation: "Santiago Nonualco is my land, where Anastasio the undefeated warrior, who always dreamed of greatness"
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  • IMG 5916 La cueva de Indio Aquino
  • IMG 5918 Santiago Nonualco has one famous native son, one warrior. Anastasio "Indio" Aquino, gained fame leading an uprising against the Spanish in 1832-3. He led his insurgency from a cave, "La cueva de Indio Aquino" (Indio Aquino's cave), a little-visited site located in Cerro El Tigre, behind Francisco