Apr
21
2012
El Salvador
Posted by: admin in Central America, Central America Travel Guide, El Salvador
In the early fifteenth century, the Spanish conquistadores ventured into Central America from the Caribbean Islands, then known as the Spanish colony of New Spain. Spanish efforts to extend their dominion to the area that would be known as El Salvador were firmly resisted by the Pipil and their remaining Mayan-speaking neighbors. Pedro de Alvarado, a lieutenant of Hernan Cortes, led the first effort by Spanish forces in June 1524.
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August 5th, 2009 at 10:47 am
A few years back, when I was at school, we were reading a book about the time, when the Spain conquered South America and El Salvador. Since then I always wanted to visit El Salvador to see if there are still some things left from the old times.