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On a corner of the square stands the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. The church that stood here before burned down in 1892, just four months after it opened. On the 28th of December that year, work began on this one, in brick, to plans by the Salesian priest Juan Bernabé. There was no kiln in town, so the bricks were made by hand. It opened in 1901, and only became a cathedral in 1947. Its clock has kept time since 1899, and inside, the columns are lenga tree trunks crowned with Corinthian capitals.
Source: Wikipedia en español, «Catedral de Punta Arenas». · Iglesia de Magallanes (Diócesis de Punta Arenas), «120 años de la inauguración de la Iglesia Matriz, la Catedral de Punta Arenas». · Wikipedia in English, «Sacred Heart Cathedral, Punta Arenas». · El Pingüino, «En historias para ver: Catedral de Punta Arenas».
