Calle del Comercio

Calle del comercio

In Central América, El Salvador in the department of Santa Ana the historic colonial center of the city which protects with jealously a Street is located dating from the coffee epoch,  It is known as Avenida Independencia.

This Street has undergone a diverse modernization that is, it startied as a dusty Street until the asphalt Street that we know today. The historic section of this Street goes from the Mariano Méndez Street to Don Bosco Street. 

The transformation of the Street has taken decades to see the changes since the modernization process has been slow but the benefits have been noticeable to this day even if we do not find joornalistic documents that reinforce the assumpsions of important events in the city.

The Street has been an important axis of commerce for the city since it accelerated the population growth besides, Sonsonate city was divided into two by the legislative authorities creating the department of Santa Ana between the years 1852 and 1854.

 The growth of Santa Ana led to found stores, pharmacies, and a marked in the center of the city, right on the land where the theater of the city is located and the main products that were sold were cereals and sweet since this city is identified by traditional candies.

Calle del comercio changed to be called as Av. Independencia and this is how the people of the city call it, there are very few people who know their old name of the coffee season and remember their process of modernization that still follows and that the features of the historical events that marked the santanecos people are under thick layer of asphalt but still tell us the same origins of Santa Ana the Great.