Mario Guevara The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción de María), referred to as the New Cathedral (La Nueva Catedral), is located in Managua, Nicaragua.
The old cathedral was damaged and thought to be unrestoreable after a 1972 earthquake that destroyed 90% of the city.
[3] The costs were covered partially thanks to the help of American Tom Monaghan, owner of Domino's Pizza.
[4] Locals refer to it as La Chichona on account of the plethora of cupolas adorning it which resemble many chichas (Spanish: slang for "breasts").
A fire started by a Molotov cocktail damaged an image of Sangre de Cristo y el Santísimo in the cathedral on July 31, 2020.