The Centro Comercial Galerias is a shopping center in San Salvador, El Salvador. Among the mall's attractions is a mansion known as La Casona dating from the late 1950s and kept in perfect condition [citation needed] , which was home to a family of Palestinian origin. It is the only mall to have such an attraction.[citation needed] The complex is owned by Grupo Siman.
San Salvador is the capital and the most populous city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador which comprises the capital itself and 13 of its municipalities has a population of 2,404,097.
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2016, the country had a population of approximately 6.34 million.
The idea of building the mall, born in early 1990 due to the great development and strength of the capital [citation needed] , its construction lasted almost four years and was responsible for SIMCO (sister company Almacenes Siman business group), the first excavations were conducted in order to shape the three levels of underground parking currently to the mall.
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One of the main challenges for the construction of the mall was to maintain the mansion called Casona, as more than 2,000 workers had to take extreme security measures to avoid damaging the European architecture.
With the help of a Swiss company, managed to build a ring of security that would protect the mansion, as the excavation depth of 12 meters jeopardized the work.
Currently, Galerias has an area of 115 thousand square meters and has over 133 local and foreign stores.[citation needed]
In 2006 it made its biggest remodeling, where one floor was built (in addition to the three with which the count) and was adapted for cinema Cinépolis Mexican chain.
Cinépolis is a Mexican chain of movie theaters. Its name means City of Cinema and its slogan is La Capital del Cine.
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Bershka is a clothing retailer company. It is part of the Spanish Inditex group.
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