The new parish was built and designed by engineer Luis Llach and German architect Francisco Kurtz, respectively, and had a Romanesque style, the only one found in Costa Rica.

Its construction was halted for thirty years, and was restarted again in 1903 or 1904, before being completely canceled in 1910, after the Santa Mónica earthquake.

A rivalry arose between them as both fell in love with the same woman, who chose and married the lazy brother.

In penance for his mortal sin he built a church for the city, but one year afterwards an earthquake destroyed it.

It is also said that in foggy nights, it is possible to see the priest, headless, inside the ruins, wandering for eternity as his penance for desecrating a holy site.