Old Cathedral of Managua

[1] Its neoclassical design[1][2][3] was said to have been inspired by the look of the church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, France.

[1][2][3] Belgian engineer Pablo Dambach oversaw the construction of the cathedral.

[1][2][3] The iron that was used to frame the core of the cathedral was shipped directly from Belgium.

[1][2] The cathedral survived the 1931 Nicaragua earthquake,[1] as only its iron core had been erected at the time.

Four decades later, the cathedral was heavily damaged during the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake, and the building was subsequently condemned though it was not demolished.