This is the Iglesia Santa Lucia Suchitoto and the restoration work was completed this past spring. Although small compared to some of the other churches we saw this one is nicely scaled to the size of the town and to the central plaza which it borders. They ring the bells to call the city to mass and given that El Salvador is a very observant Catholic country the ringing becomes quite insistent as the time for mass draws closer. It is a beautiful building and very well maintained although I wonder how long that will last with all the pigeons perched along the facade.
I took this photo the morning we left Suchitoto and it was absolutely beautiful backlit by the clouds and the sun started to crest the horizon. It it is one of the enduring memories I have of our time in Suchitoto.
Canon 1D X, Canon 16-35/f2.8L Mark II
16mm, f4, merged layers of 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, and 1/60 sec @ 100 ISO
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