According to the archdiocese of the city, the church of San Laureano dates back to 1778, after the extinction of the Bucaramanga indigenous reserve, when it was formed as a parish. The building we see today is not the same, because three buildings have been built in the same place. The first benefactor was the mayor Juan Buenaventura Ortiz, named in 1790. The third building (1865) was an initiative of the progressive priest Francisco Romero, then director of the Ministry of Public Works, with resources obtained from alms, collections and raffles. Finally, in July 1872, the new building was reopened, as we know it.
Worth noting is its clock made by the Tomas Clock & C set, a Connecticut factory, and the metal bell covered with a large amount of copper donated by the entire community.
It is located next to the García Rovira park, the Santander Government Palace and the large Luis Carlos Galán square (politician immolated by drug trafficking). It has religious art of more than 240 years