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Fiestas Patronales del Rincón Mágico

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a Virgen de la Paz. Durante 1682 las costas<br />

salvadoreñas fueron asediadas por los piratas<br />

ingleses comandados por el famoso Francis Drake.<br />

Cuenta la leyenda que, en su retirada, los<br />

piratas dejaron abandonada una caja de<br />

madera cerca de la punta Chiriquín, frente a<br />

la isla Zacatillo. La caja fue transportada sobre<br />

un burro y llevada a la ciudad de San Miguel.<br />

Cuando el asno llegó al punto donde ahora<br />

se levanta la Catedral, se arrodilló y se negó<br />

a seguir a<strong>del</strong>ante. Al abrir la caja, los vecinos<br />

encontraron una imagen de la Virgen.<br />

Cuentan las abuelas migueleñas que la aparición<br />

de Nuestra Señora puso paz en aquella ciudad.<br />

La ciudadanía la juró como Patrona de San<br />

Miguel con el nombre de Virgen de la Paz. Su<br />

fiesta se celebra el 21 de noviembre.<br />

a Virgen de la Paz”. During 1682, the coasts of<br />

El Salvador were beseiged by the English pirates<br />

commanded by Francis Drake; who between<br />

1577 and 1579 sailed the world around and<br />

isolated all the ports of the Spanish Empire in the<br />

coasts of America; from Chile to California.<br />

The legend says that when they went, they left a<br />

wood box near the point of “Chiriquín”, in front<br />

of Sacatillo’s Island. The box was taken over a<br />

donkey’s back and taken to the city of San Miguel.<br />

When the donkey arrived where the Cathedral is<br />

now built, he bent his legs and denied to continue<br />

on going. When the people opened the box, they<br />

found a image of Virgin Mary.<br />

The grandmothers from San Miguel say that<br />

the appearance of Our Lady brought peace<br />

to that divine city. It was then, that the people<br />

named her as the patron of San Miguel with the<br />

name “Virgen de la Paz”. Her festivity is made on<br />

November 21st.<br />

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