In the late nineteenth century, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, a driving force of French manners, promoted urban changes with new constructions that replaced beautiful old convents of Hispanic colonial style with neoclassical buildings. In the Pagüita area, near the Union Viaduct and adjacent to Plaza Santiago Mariño, the church of Perpetuo Socorro or Pagüita church was built. This monumental temple stands alone, on the area’s highest point, on a podium made up of steps that accentuate its uniqueness. The volume, with three naves and cruciform floor plan, has a tower with three sections and a square base, topped by a Latin cross, marking the main entrance from the plaza. The central nave, higher than the lateral ones, is delimited inside by two rows of columns parallel to the longitudinal east-west axis. The edges of the church’s volumes protrude, framing the façades’ planes to emphasize verticality, which is further reinforced by toothed moldings and long windows, which are the main decorative elements of the façade, designed with clear symmetrical schemes. The doorways with toothed upper edges and the stained glass windows with religious and geometric motifs are noteworthy. The altar is at the west end, while the choir is over the access, with a ceiling decorated with religious motifs.