Colombia relives the trauma of the earthquake that devastated the Coffee Region 27 years ago
Armenia, Pereira and Manizales are three of the cities most affected by the 7.4 earthquake that collapsed the western part of the country on Monday.
The tower of the Manizales cathedral, one of the cities in the coffee-growing region of Colombia, swayed violently at 7:34 am. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook the South American country on Monday destroyed part of the infrastructure of the iconic Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, the country's tallest temple and a structure marked by disasters.
The current church, which has suffered severe damage from the earthquake, was built after a fire destroyed that structure in 1926. A hundred years later, the cathedral is once again at the center of a tragedy that is shaking the southwestern part of the country.
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