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A vast 1856 church on the hill above the plaza, often called the largest Catholic church in Asia. It measures 88.6 metres long and 48 metres wide, and it is the largest Augustinian church. Saint Martin of Tours is the …
The 18th-century earthquake baroque cathedral on Plaza Salcedo, with a bell tower standing apart from the church. It holds the cathedra of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, and it is part of what UNESCO listed in 1999 as the Historic …
A Roman Catholic church of 1710, known for the enormous buttresses that run along its sides and its back. Its formal name is Saint Augustine Parish Church, and it stands in the town of Paoay under the Diocese of Laoag. …
The oldest stone church in the country, finished in 1607 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a trompe l'oeil ceiling. It stands inside Intramuros and is in the care of the Order of Saint Augustine. UNESCO listed it in …
The largest church in Quezon, laid out in the shape of a key, which is why people call it Susi ng Tayabas, the Key of Tayabas. Its aisle runs 103 metres, one of the longest naves in any Spanish colonial …
A pilgrimage church built around the centuries-old brown image of Our Lady of Piat, whom people in the province call the Mother of Cagayan. Pope John Paul II raised it to the rank of minor basilica in 1997. The image …
The city's main Catholic church, one of the oldest churches in Batangas, and an independent parish since 1614. It carries a second title, the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño de Batangan, and it belongs to the Archdiocese of Lipa. Pedro …
The oldest church in Quezon City, built in 1590, and one of the oldest in the country. It stands in the San Francisco del Monte district and carries the name of Pedro Bautista, the Spanish missionary from Ávila who founded …
The town church of Agoo, dedicated to Our Lady of Charity and raised to a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II on 15 July 1982. It was called Santa Monica Church before that, and it is still the seat …
The church that holds Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga, an icon that appeared after an apparition of the Virgin Mary. It is a diocesan shrine under the Diocese of Imus, and most people call it San Roque Parish …
The city's parish church, established in 1792, the same year Santa Rosa became a town in its own right. It is the second oldest parish in the country named for Saint Rose of Lima, who is also the patron of …
A minor basilica of brick, finished in 1773 under Father Cristobal Ausina. It was the largest Catholic church in the country in the late 18th century. The interior runs 89 metres to the chancel, almost 20 metres wide and 16.5 …
A 400-year-old church in Barangay San Agustin, lately renovated and one of eight heritage stops on the city tricycle tour. Its patron is Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, who is also the patron saint of Malabon, with a feast day on …
The main Episcopal church in Sagada, built in 1904 by American missionaries. The mission came after Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States in 1898 and the country opened to American Protestant missions. Its first priest, John Staunton, kept …
The only Spanish-era church of its kind left on the island, in Poblacion, Bato, next to the Bato River. Its architecture is Filipino-Spanish of the middle colonial period, and it is a historical landmark. Building it took 53 years, from …
A national shrine to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, one of the largest Marian churches in the country, open 24 hours a day through the year since 1958. Devotees fill it on Wednesdays for Mass and the novena, so many …
A pilgrimage church in the town of Manaoag, in the care of the Order of Preachers. Visitors come for the image of Our Lady of the Rosary, known here as Our Lady of Manaoag, and the church draws tourists as …
The birthplace of the First Philippine Republic. The First Philippine Congress met in this church on 15 September 1898, and the republic was inaugurated here on 23 January 1899. Emilio Aguinaldo took his oath as president in the building, and …
A Baroque church from the 17th century, and the home of one of the earliest printing presses in the Philippines. Father Francisco Blancas de San Jose and Tomas Pinpin set the press up here in 1608 and printed books in …
The Catholic parish church at Poblacion, dedicated to Saint Joseph, the husband of Mary. It belongs to the Diocese of Baguio. In 2021 it was named one of 500 Jubilee Churches across the country for the 500 years of Christianity …
A volcanic-stone baroque church on a hill, finished in 1773, with Mayon behind it. Its full name is Our Lady of the Gate Parish Church, after the patroness the Franciscan builders chose. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Legazpi. …
A Roman Catholic parish church that the National Museum declared a National Cultural Treasure. Its full name is Our Lady of the Assumption Parish Church, and it serves the town of Maragondon under the Diocese of Imus. Franciscans from Silang …
The oldest church in the city, dedicated to San Diego de Alcala. Father Juan Taranco began it and Father Jose Valencia finished it in 1632. The Second World War destroyed the building, and the belfry that survived is the oldest …
The church that holds the Bamboo Organ, a pipe organ whose pipes are made mostly of bamboo. Father Diego Cera built the organ in 1824, and it is the only organ of its kind in the world. The church sits …
The oldest and the biggest colonial church in Nueva Ecija, founded in the 1500s and one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in the country. It is the parish of the Three Kings and the shrine of La Virgen Divina …
One of the oldest parishes in Bulacan, older than Malolos Cathedral and Barasoain Church. The Franciscans Juan de Placencia and Diego Oropesa built the first church here in 1578, from nipa and bamboo. A concrete church replaced it in 1668. …
A parish church known for its fertility rites: three days of dancing every May for three patrons, Saint Pascual Baylon, Saint Claire of Assisi and Our Lady of Salambao. Pilgrims dance inside the church, and a procession through the streets …
A 19th century Baroque church in Barangay Poblacion, Tayum, declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines in 2001 along with 25 other Spanish era churches. Secular priests, not friars, founded and built it to Christianize …
The oldest Catholic church in the city, and the place where Jose Rizal was baptised. It stands next door to the house where he was born. The church of Saint John the Baptist dates from 1859. Japanese troops burned it …
A parish church of 1881, with a facade in Romanesque and Renaissance styles and bell towers under Baroque domes. Fourteen life-sized Stations of the Cross stand in the church compound. The church was repaired in 1948 after damage in the …