Church Nuestra Señora De La Asunción Of Cayey
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The Church Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (
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: ''Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Cayey'') is a
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located at the Plaza Ramón Frade square ('' plaza pública'') of downtown Cayey in the municipality of
Cayey, Puerto Rico Cayey (), officially Cayey de Muesas, is a mountain Cayey barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in central Puerto Rico located on the Sierra de Cayey within the Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico), Central Mountain rang ...
. The church was designed by engineer José Canovas and was built in 1815, with modifications being made in 1889. It was added to the
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on December 10, 1984, and on the
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in 2000. Archaeological findings in 2016 uncovered the original church walls and, in 2019, more than 300 bone remains from the 17th and 19th centuries were found during renovations to the town plaza of Cayey. These are preserved and can be seen at the square in front of the church.


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