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The festivities are celebrated from January 25 to February 2 of each year, in honor of the Virgen de la Candelaria. The patron saint festivities include the Mail parade, handicraft fair, cattle fair, and the musical festivals known as "Artistic Parade" and "Verbena Sonsonateca". The festivities culminate on February 2 with a procession and mass in honor of the Virgin of Candelaria.
Sonsonate Cathedral
The church of the parish of the Holy Trinity was blessed on April 1, 1887.
A distinctive symbol of the city is a locomotive located on the eastern side of the city, at the access of the San Salvador-Sonsonate highway. The machine symbolizes the history of the railway in El Salvador, in which Sonsonate played an important role.
More trains and railroad history on display.