It was built by the architect Ramón Venegas and began in 1938 in the same place where the Mother Church was destroyed by the 1928 Talca earthquake . It was finally consecrated on September 30 , 1954 . The carillon was erected the following year thanks to a donation of the philanthropist Gabriel Pando
1928 Talca earthquake
1928 Talca earthquake
St. Augustine Cathedral, Talca