Church Dolores de Izalco It is located in the city of Izalco, in the municipality and district of the same name, near the base of the volcano of the same name, 6.5 Kilometers to the northeast of the city of
Sonsonate. It has an elevation of 440 meters over sea level. It was built prior to 1570, because in this year the parish was very organized according to the civil documents of
Caluco. It is unknown who built it but its benefactor was Don Diego de Guzmán. The church is surrounded by an atrium. The façade is of three bodies, but only two bodies of the church remain: the inferior and the middle one. The inferior body has many accesses; one main and two lateral. The three accesses have the shape of a semicircular arch. They have four couples of Tuscan columns and entablatures with classic decorations that divide the two bodies at the same time. In the middle body, there is an ocular and other four couples of columns. The molds or entablatures that divide the two bodies have phytomorphic decorations. The superior body or espadaña of recent construction is decorated with pilasters and gothic decorations in relief. The superior part has a clock installed and is crowned by a small dome and a cross. To each side of the espadaña, there are steeples that have the same decoration style, also crowned by a dome and a cross. The lateral and later facades are reinforced with support columns. The walls are decorated with entablatures with classic decorations that divide the two bodies at the same time. In the middle body, there is an ocular and other four couples of columns. The molds or entablatures that divide the two bodies have fitomorphic decorations. The superior body or espadaña of recent construction is decorated with pilasters and gothic decorations in relief. In the superior part, there is a clock installed and is crowned by a small dome and a cross. To each side of the espadaña, there are steeples that have the same decoration style, crowned also by a dome and a cross. The lateral and later façades are reinforced with support columns. The walls are decorated with entablatures and the lateral accesses are framed with ionic columns. Another lateral access even preserves what is believed to be the original decoration, with Baroque ornaments that look like a flower and leaves. The same decoration can be observed in a superior corner of the later façade. The interior of the church possesses some original parts, such as the presbytery and the bases of the columns. The rest has been remodeled. The roof is made of tile and wood.
Church of Asunción of Izalco The church is in the Baroque style. The façade is of the altarpiece type and it consists of two bodies. The inferior is decorated with two pairs of Tuscan columns on each side of the main access, which was built in a semicircular arch and whose lateral sides look like Tuscan columns. It has two ornamental ovals in relief, amid the pairs of columns. The superior body is decorated with four pinnacles. It is framed with scrolls and crowned with a cross. A square window is located in the center, which provides illumination to the temple. In the lateral sides of the church there is an access on each side and several support columns. The lateral walls are decorated with entablatures in the classic style; the roof is made of wood and iron sheets. According to Monsignor Cortez y Laraz, the parish of Asunción was located in the Barrio de Los Indios, and by the year 1770, it did not have a parish priest. It was also destroyed by
Santa Marta earthquake in 1773. In 1580, the bell given by the Emperor
Carlos I of Spain and V of Germany was consecrated. ==People==