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Palacio de Arzobispado de Nueva Segovia Vigan: Name of Architect/Builder: Location

These documents summarize the histories of several important churches and buildings in the Philippines. The Palacio de Arzobispado de Nueva Segovia Vigan was built in 1574 and renovated in 1768. The Bantay Bell Tower in Vigan was used as a watchtower during WWII due to its strategic location. Piddig Church in Ilocos Norte is 206 years old but was closed in 2014 due to deterioration and reopened in 2019. San Agustin Church in Manila is 433 years old and was hit by an earthquake in 1880. Santa Lucia Church in Ilocos Sur has a Renaissance dome and is known for its miracles related to eye ailments. Santo Domingo

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Palacio de Arzobispado de Nueva Segovia Vigan: Name of Architect/Builder: Location

These documents summarize the histories of several important churches and buildings in the Philippines. The Palacio de Arzobispado de Nueva Segovia Vigan was built in 1574 and renovated in 1768. The Bantay Bell Tower in Vigan was used as a watchtower during WWII due to its strategic location. Piddig Church in Ilocos Norte is 206 years old but was closed in 2014 due to deterioration and reopened in 2019. San Agustin Church in Manila is 433 years old and was hit by an earthquake in 1880. Santa Lucia Church in Ilocos Sur has a Renaissance dome and is known for its miracles related to eye ailments. Santo Domingo

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PALACIO DE ARZOBISPADO

DE NUEVA SEGOVIA VIGAN

NAME OF ARCHITECT/BUILDER: JUAN SALCEDO


LOCATION: 121 ARZOBISPO ST., VIGAN CITY

HISTORY AND TRIVIA!


IT’S 227 YEARS OLD, IT TOOK 7 YRS TO BUILD
WAS CAPTURED AND TAKEN OVER, NAMELY BY
KATIPUNEROS (1896), AMERICANS (1900), AND
THE JAPANESE (1942), GABRIELA SILANG ’S AND
HIS HUSBAND, DIEGO SILANG’S RESTING PLACE.

DATE: BUILT IN 1574 RE USED IN 1768


DESIGN STYLE: BAHAY NA BATO

INTERIOR

EXTERIOR
BANTAY BELL TOWER VIGAN

NAME OF ARCHITECT/BUILDER: N/A


LOCATION: BANTAY, ILOCOS SUR

HISTORY AND TRIVIA!


IT WAS USED AS A WATCH TOWERFOR INVADING
ENEMY FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II BECAUSE
OF IT’S STRATEGIC LOCATION, USED TO BE A
DATING SPOT OF DIEGO SILANG AND GABRIELA

DATE: BUILT IN 1591


DESIGN STYLE: PSEUDO ROMANESQUE

EXTERIOR
PIDDIG CHURCH / SANTA ANA PARISH CHURCH

NAME OF ARCHITECT/BUILDER: N/A BURNED BY THE JAPANESE


LOCATION: PIDDIG, ILOCOS NORTE

HISTORY AND TRIVIA!


IT’S 206 YEARS OLD, BECAME THE HEADQUARTERS
OF GENERAL MANUEL TINIO AS THEY REPEL
AMERICAN FORCES, HIT BY 6.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
IN 1931, HAD ITS BELL TOWER TOPPLED IN HALF, IT WAS
CLOSED IN 2014 DUE TO SAFETY RISK, AS ITS FOUNDATIONS
IS LOOSENED AND DETERIORATING WOODEN TRUSSES

DATE: BUILT IN 1568 CLOSED IN 2014, OPENED 2019


DESIGN STYLE: BAROQUE
INTERIOR
SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH (MANILA) / IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
PARISH

NAME OF ARCHITECT/BUILDER: JUAN MACIAS


LOCATION: INTRAMUROS, MANILA

HISTORY AND TRIVIA!


IT’S 433 YEARS OLD, IT IS THE THIRD AUGUSTINIAN CHURCH ERECTED AT SITE
FIRST ONE WAS MADE OF BAMBOO AND NIPA, DESTROYED BY FIRE DURING THE INVASION OF
MANILA, THE SECOND ONE WAS MADE OF WOODEN MATERIALS, WAS LATER BURNED, CAUSED
BY THE FIRE THAT WAS STARTED BY A CANDLE, THE THIRD ONE (PRESENT) CONSTRUCTED
AND MADE WITH ADOBE. THE INTERIOR AND CEILING PAINTINGS ARE PAINTED BY TWO
ITALIANS THAT PRODUCED “TROMPE L’OEIL” TECHNIQUES FAMOUS BURIALS ARE – MIGUEL
LOPEZ DE LEGASPI AND JUAN LUNA TO NAME THE FEW IT WAS HIT BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1880

DATE: STARTED IN 1586, DECLARED COMPLETE IN 1607


DESIGN STYLE: BAROQUE

1880 AFTERMATH

INTERIOR
CHURCH OF STA. LUCIA / SAINT LUCY THE MARTYR CHURCH

NAME OF ARCHITECT/BUILDER: N/A


LOCATION: SANTA LUCIA, ILOCOS SUR

HISTORY AND TRIVIA!


IT’S 434 YEARS OLD, THE ONLY CHURCH IN WHOLE ILOCOS THAT HAS A DOME AS
RENAISSANCE IN STYLE ALTHOUGH IT ALSO SPORTS A BAROQUE STYLE OF, IT HAS A FOUR-
STOREY TOWER AT THE RIGHT SIDE, A PULPIT INSIDE AND THE 18 T H CENTURY DARK IMAGE OF
STA.LUCIA, KNOWN FOR ITS MIRACLES SPECIALLY TO EYE AILMENTS
DATE: BUILT IN 1586
DESIGN STYLE: RENAISSANCE
INTERIOR
SANTO DOMINGO CHURCH

NAME OF ARCHITECT/BUILDER: JOSE MA. ZARAGOZA


LOCATION: PIDDIG, ILOCOS NORTE

HISTORY AND TRIVIA!


IT’S 206 YEARS OLD, EVEN RIZAL HAVE PRAYED HERE BEFORE HE WENT OFF TO SPAIN FOR
EDUCATION, KEY FACTS: IT IS THE LARGEST CHURCH IN METRO MANILA, AND CONSIDERED AS
ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN ASIA WITH 36,000 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA, IT IS ALSO BRANDED
AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE, THE NAVE OF THE CHURCH WAS COMMISIONED BY A
NATIONAL ARTIST, FRANCIS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO, THE STAINED GLASSES WERE MADE BY A
FILIPINO, GALO OCAMPO, ALSO ONE OF ITS FEATURES IS THE 76-YEAR-OLD PIPE ORGAN, THE
CHURCH WAS COMMISSIONED TO JOSE MA. ZARAGOZA BY THE DOMINICANS WHILE HE IS
STILL STUDYING ARCHITECTURE IN UST.

DATE: IN 1952 – 1954 COMPLETED


DESIGN STYLE: 1587 – 1941 GOTHIC // BAROQUE // 1954 – PRESENT ART DECO// MODERN-GOTHIC

INTERIOR

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