Draft:Museo Caserío Los Vides (Los Vides village Museum)

Museo Caserío Los Vides (spanish: [muˈseo kaseˈɾio loz ˈβiðes]), or Los Vides village Museum (english: /lɔs vaɪdz ˈvɪləʤ mjuˈziəm) is a historical museum in Potonico, Chalatenango, El Salvador near the Cerrón Grande reservoir. The museum is located 81 km away from the capital San Salvador, 43 km away from Suchitoto, 15 km away from Chalatenango, and only 1.2 km from the centre of Potonico.

Museo Caserío Los Vides, Potonico, Chalatenango

Homage to Ramón Vides, father of María Vides, co-founder of the Museum

Visiting

The museum provides all those who visit with beautiful murals, the display of different antique artefacts, and it also offers beautiful views of the reservoir surrounded by majestic mountains where beautiful sunsets can be contemplated. Additionally visitors can enjoy boat tours across the Lake Suchitlán and make reservations of the place for special events.

History

The district of Potonico located in Chalatenango Sur, Chalatenango, El Salvador remained a very recondite place near the shores of the Lake Suchitlán. Due to the Salvadoran Civil War many inhabitants from different towns in El Salvador had to flew away abroad to avoid the dangers and effects of the war. One of those was, María Vides, born in Potonico; one day the desire to leave her mark on the place that gave her birth emerged.Together with her hardworking husband, Celio Adiel Abarca, started a project called "Museo Caserío Los Vides" which sought to rescue the long-forgotten memories of those local inhabitants who unfortunately perished and disappeared during the civil war, being one of those Maria Vides' father, Juan Ramón Vides Tobar who made a living as a fisherman. As a tribute to his memory, a marble sculpture was built inside the installations of the museum. Also, the museum seeks to preserve the history of the district of Potonico especially the area where it is built, Los Vides village which used to be inhabited, but vanished when the Cerrón Grande Dam was constructed, yet only one house remained from the village, the one where Maria and her family lived, which it's also in display next to the museum."