UNESCO Monument
Area: 
Southwest San Salvador
Address: 

Long Bay
San Salvador, The Bahamas

Primary Contact: 
Administrator's Office
Phone: 
(242) 331-2202, (242) 331-2227
Fax: 
(242) 331-2221

Overview

On August 2, 1991, the Director-General of UNESCO, in the presence of the Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, declared San Salvador a Monument of the Quincentennial, acknowledging it as the geographical starting point of the new American epoch commencing October 12, 1492.