Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Arecibo yana ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin garuruwan mulkin mallaka 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. Girgizar kasa ta 1918
ya lalata vault sosai cewa an maye gurbinsa da rufin simintin kwance; an sanya rufin rufi na bangon bangon ciki.