Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Arecibo yana daya daga cikin biranen mulkin mallaka mafi tsufa a Puerto Rico (1616). Daga cikin gine-gine na tarihi shi ne Cathedral na Saint Philip Manzo, wanda aka fara gina shi a ƙarshen karni na 18. Ikilisiyar farko, wanda aka gina a tsakiyar karni na 17, ya rushe ta girgizar kasa a 1787. Ginin maye gurbinsa ya fara ba da daɗewa ba, ko da yake ba a kammala shi ba har 1846. Kwanaki huɗu bayan da aka keɓe shi, girgizar ƙasa ta lalata shi sosai. Ba a kammala gyare-gyare ba har zuwa 1882. Ƙungiyar
Girgizar kasa ta 1918 ta lalata vault din sosai har aka maye gurbinsa da rufin siminti mai kwance; an sanya rufin rufi na allon abun ciki a ciki.