Kunezindawo ezingcwele ezine abantu baseMonterrey abazakhele ukuhlonipha usanta wabo. Esesibili sasiqinile kancane, kepha sincane (1817).
Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu nesithupha kamuva, uPapa Pius IX wabeka itshe lokuqala leThempeli lesithathu le-Our Lady of the Oak, laqedwa ngokuphelele ngo-1900; Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokuzamazama komhlaba ithempeli labhujiswa ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo. KwakungoJuni 26, 1910 lapho ukubuyiselwa kwenziwa. Umakhi uD. Lisandro Peña, owakhuthazwa yizizinda zaseRoma, wakwazi ukwakha isisho sesimanje ngamamodeli wendabuko futhi wakha isakhiwo esisha ezingxenyeni ezintathu eziyinhloko: i-portico, i-central naves ne-bell tower.
Inganekwane yokuvela kukaNuestra Señora del Roble ikhombisa ukuthi uFray Andrés de León ngo-1592 wabeka isithombe seNtombazanyana emgodini wesihlahla se-oki ukusivikela ekungeneni kwabomdabu nabashubile. Esikhathini esithile “kusungulwe idolobha laseMonterrey, umalusi owayenakekela izimbuzi zomhlambi omncane wezwa ukuthi bazibiza zisuka e-okini. Ubabazwe ngocingo, wasondela endaweni lapho amazwi avela khona, egcwele ilukuluku: Yini amangale ngayo, lapho ethola emgodini we-oki wasendle isithombe esincane seNcasakazi Ebusisiwe. Umalusi omncane waxhumana nabazali bakhe, abafika endaweni yokubuka futhi, lapho bebuka ubuhle besithombe, bamthandazela ”.
Umpristi uyaphilisa. Ekholisekile ngokubukeka kwakhe, umeme bonke omakhelwane ukuthi baholele isithombe epherishi belandelana. Ngakusasa ekuseni, lapho amanye amakholwa efuna ukubingelela iNcasakazi, athola ukuthi isithombe asikho endaweni yaso kodwa emgodini ofanayo we-oki. Umcimbi uphindwe kathathu, ngakho banquma ukwakha ithempeli labo lapho kunesihlahla khona.
