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One of the oldest churches in Bulacan, established in 1578. The church is the home of the Cross of Wawa, a Catholic relic, which is paraded in the Pagoda Festival. Its pointed-edge altarpieces resemble those in medieval European churches.
Shrine built in honor of Philippine National Artist Francisca Reyes Aquino, who was credited for her contributions to Philippine art and culture in the field of native dance. The place is managed by the National Historical Institute.
A series of rice terraces in a remote village. Views from the terraces can be seen following a hike on Mount Kupapey.
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A Catholic shrine built in the Brutalist style. It was also buried to its roof by lahar flows from Mount Pinatubo in 1995, but was partially excavated in 2005. The structure lost of its height to the volcanic mud, and …
Angono's main Roman Catholic church, a modernist edifice with a light, airy and cheery interior whose main draw is a 1923 miniature painting of the Baptism of Christ by local artist Juan Senson that was declared a national treasure and …
The highlight of the area serving as the embarkation point to the Hundred Islands but also a seafront venue with stores, restaurants, a miniature model of the islands, and a very peculiar lighthouse with stairs wrapping around the outside of …
The Museum of Cordilleran Sculpture was founded by George and Candida Ida Schenk over 30 years ago, and evolved from a small antique store in Manila, into dream to preserve a culture that is slowly dying. There are over 1,000 …
The Spanish-era church was first built in the 18th century, but had to be rebuilt several times due to wars and earthquakes. One of the Gomburza, Mariano Gomez, became one of its parish priests until he was arrested in 1872 …
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 museum of the country's political history, in the Casa Real Shrine on Paseo del Congreso. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines runs it. It opened to the public in 2001 and moved into this building in 2016. The …
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 …
An 11-hectare wetland park in Barangay Tortugas, on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Tet Garcia and Michael Lu, president of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, founded it, and it has been the site of the Ibong Dayo festival since …
A surf beach at Baler, the provincial capital, on the coast facing the Philippine Sea. Surfing arrived with the crew of Apocalypse Now, who filmed the helicopter attack and the surfing sequences at Baler in 1976 and 1977. Local people …
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 …
The highest mountain in Laguna, in Quezon and in the whole Calabarzon region: an active volcano with three peaks that dominates the landscape for miles around. The summit reaches 2,170 metres and holds a caldera 210 metres deep, broken open …
The public square beside Bacoor Church carries the name of Mariano Gomez, the parish priest of the town. Spanish authorities tied him to the Cavite Mutiny of 1872 and executed him at Bagumbayan with the two other priests known as …
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 …
A museum and memorial to Miguel Malvar, a hero of the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War. He was the last Filipino general to surrender to the Americans, and Santo Tomas is his hometown.
A Baroque church of red brick, inside and out, and a National Cultural Treasure. It became a parish of its own, separate from Cabagan, in 1751, under the patronage of Saint Matthias. The Dominican Domingo Forto started the present building …
The parish church of Saint Anthony of Padua, built with two belfries and named a national landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in 1939. It is an archdiocesan shrine under the Archdiocese of Caceres. Three churches came …
The oldest church in Camarines Norte, built by Franciscan friars in 1611. Its Spanish name is Parroquia de San Pedro Apostol, and the parish belongs to the Diocese of Daet. A fire on December 26, 2012 gutted the church and …
An 8-hectare park in Maybunga with a mini zoo, a boating lagoon, a zip line, an obstacle course and a skatepark. It opened in 1977 and was relaunched in 2013 as the Rainforest Adventure Experience. A renovation unveiled in October …
The tallest mountain in Romblon at 2,058 metres, and one of the hardest climbs in the country because of its steep, jagged summit. The name means saw-toothed mountain, after the ridge. It stands on Sibuyan Island, which some scientists call …
A small sandy island in the Cuyo Islands, 2.5 kilometres long and 500 metres across at its widest, set in the middle of a coral reef of 7 square kilometres. The whole island is private, owned by Seven Seas Resorts …
A cave system at Lipuun Point where jar burials and prehistoric human remains have come out of the ground since the 1960s, the Tabon Man among them. The site is known as the country's cradle of civilization. Of 215 known …
A Spanish-era lighthouse on the north-westernmost island of the Lubang group, now closed to visitors because the structure has fallen apart. Ships entering the Philippines from the South China Sea picked up the Cabra light first, and it pointed them …