The Arco de Santa Catalina (Santa Catalina Arch) story begins in 1609, when four nuns of the Convento de la Inmaculada Concepción de María (Convent of the Immaculate Conception of Mary) were authorized by the government of the Spanish Colony to build a convent on 5th Avenue North.
The Arco de Santa Catalina (Santa Catalina Arch) story begins in 1609, when four nuns of the Convento de la Inmaculada Concepción de María (Convent of the Immaculate Conception of Mary) were authorized by the government of the Spanish Colony to build a convent on 5th Avenue North.