Monumento a la Paz, Peace monument in San Salvador, El Salvador

Monumento a la Paz stands at kilometre 8 of the Carretera a Comalapa, in the municipality of San Marcos rather than in San Salvador itself. Sculptor Rubén Martínez designed it around a figure of the Cristo de la Paz with arms outstretched, a dove in flight in his left hand. The figure was cast from bullet casings, brass and molten bronze.

Sculptor Rubén Martínez designed the monument in honour of the 1992 Chapultepec Peace Accords, and it was unveiled in 1994 for the Central American Sports Games held that year in San Salvador. It stands at kilometre 8 of the Carretera a Comalapa, in the municipality of San Marcos.

The figure of the "Cristo de la Paz" has its arms outstretched as a symbol of reconciliation between right- and left-wing ideologies and as a blessing on the Salvadoran people, and a dove in flight is held in its left hand. The work was unveiled in 1994 for the Central American Sports Games held that year in San Salvador.

The monument stands at kilometre 8 of the Carretera a Comalapa, in the municipality of San Marcos rather than in San Salvador itself. Visitors reach it by road along that highway; the sculpture is outdoors and can be seen from the roadside.

The Christ figure was cast from bullet casings, brass and molten bronze, so the statue that blesses the people is literally made from the remains of the war. Look at the left hand: a dove is set there in flight position.