PARISH

CHURCH
OF SAN
PEDRO
 How to get?
If you're in the Rio Grande de Matagalpa, walk one
block and right in the corner, youre going to find
the Cathedral of Matagalpa.
THE CATHEDRAL OF MATAGALPA IS IN FRONT OF
THE MORAZAN PARK.

THE
CATHEDR
AL OF SAN
PEDRO IS
LOCATED IN
MATAGA
LPA,
NICARAGUA.
The parish church of San Pedro was begun by the Jesuits in 1874 who had
been expelled from Guatemala under the direction of the priest Alejandro
Caceres, who was an architect and asked Spain's plans for the new parish.
Matagalpa Cathedral claims to be the only one in Nicaragua has in its altar
an image of the Blood of green, contrary to Christ show traditionally
Catholic churches in the rest of the country.

"The Jesuits arrived in

1871 to Matagalpa
after being expelled
from Guatemala by
Justo Rufino Barrios,
they settled in Leon
and Matagalpa
Caceres father, who
was an architect,
called the plans to the
Society of Jesus in
Spain to build the

HISTO
Church of St. Peter the
Apostle with the
security that would
eventually become
Cathedral.
 The Jesuits sought help
construction
from all parishioners.
Provided the material, such
as lime, sand, bricks, stone,
wood, real, egg white to
make the mortar, beasts of
burden and wagons to haul
the materials.

The
dimensions
were 25
yards wide
by 70 long,
giving an
area of 1,750
square
yards.
 The main facade of the cathedral

FACADE is baroque, it is distinguished by

the use of dynamics forms,
exaggerated decoration and
preferences for the curves.
bell tower
symmetr
pediment
and a Latin
y
cross on the
cusp balusters
and much
decoration
pointed
arch

domes, cornices
and columns
attached to the
wall
 The main material used is carved
stone but these were replaced in
MATERIALS 1997 by concrete pillars.

The stone for

the
construction of
foundations
and thick walls
was brought
from a quarry
of the former
chief Indians
reduction
Guanuca using
oxcarts.
the floor
is stone
rack
altar

It located in the center of

the main atrium with
beautiful carved wood
dating from the years of
the colony. where a crucified
Christ and his side is the
image of the Virgin Mary
WE LIKE THE BUILDING WE LEARN MORE ABOUT
BECAUSE IS A HISTORIC COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE AND
HERITAGE AND THIS DECORTATIVE ELEMENTS THAT
WAS ONE OF THE FITS THE CHURCHKNOWN
HAVE AND
MATAGALPA AS THE
THE
BUILDINGS FOR THE CARACTHERSTICS.
PEARL OF THE NORTH, IS
JESUITAS.
LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL ZONE
OF NICARAGUA. IT IS NOTABLE
FOR ITS COOL WEATHER,
TOPOGRAPHY, THE HILLS
SURROUNDING THE CITY AND ITS
AMAZING
We MONUMENTS,
recommend ONE this
to visit OF
THEM IS because
building THE CATHEDRAL OF that
the history SAN
PEDRO.
the church had been shared with
the cityzents, for example: some
of the people that lived in
matagalpa participated in the
construction of cathedral of leon.

Why VISIT THE

 San Pedro
Cathedral is
the most
important
monument of
Matagalpa and
the third
largest church
in Nicaragua

LUZ AMANDA
BRENES PARRILLA
ANABEL HERRERA