The city 's main Roman Catholic church , Our Lady of the Candelaria , was built in a plot consecrated on August 21 , 1760 . Its first masonry building was erected in 1780 . The current church was built in 1836 , and was rebuilt in 1922 . The redesign by architect Luis Perocier sought to restore the building to its original splendor . The 1918 San Fermín earthquake had destroyed the temple 's ceiling , and a lightning bolt struck and tore down a wedge-shaped corner of one of its two bell towers . However , lack of proper funding and the extent of the damage of the original structure forced the rebuilding to be scaled-down considerably
1918 San Fermín earthquake
1918 San Fermín earthquake
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico