Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza, Cathedral in Centro, Pereira, Colombia.

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Poverty is a house of worship on the western side of Plaza de Bolívar featuring a central nave, two lateral sections, and multiple chapels. The structure combines traditional European architecture with local materials and construction methods.

Pereira was founded in 1863 as Cartago Viejo, and the first lot for the church was granted on 6 May 1874 on the western side of Plaza de Bolívar, then called Plaza Victoria. The original building was completed in 1890 by Lisandro Tirado, damaged by the 1906 earthquake and rebuilt by Heliodoro Ochoa. It was elevated to cathedral on 18 December 1952 by a bull of Pope Pius XII. The 1999 earthquake caused heavy damage; during the three years of reconstruction a guadua structure served as an alternate cathedral.

The cathedral displays medieval Romanesque and Byzantine-style elements with exposed brick walls that visitors can observe throughout the interior. Religious paintings by José Moreno from the 20th century depicting biblical scenes are displayed within its chapels.

The cathedral stands on the western side of Plaza de Bolívar, between Calles 20 and 21 at Carrera 7, in the city center. Visitors enter from the square; the interior is open to the public, and modest dress is expected inside a consecrated church.

The dome rests on 13,000 pieces of comino crespo wood, a species cut for the framework rather than for show. Look up at the crossing dome: the cherubim and evangelists carved there are the work of Lisandro Tirado, the same builder who finished the original church in 1890.