Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Home of the Santo Niño image that Magellan gave to the chief consort of Rajah Humabon at their baptism in 1521, and the focus of the Sinulog every January. Augustinian friars founded the church in 1565 and it is the …
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Region in Visayas · 5 provinces and cities
Carcar Church
The church that dominates the town plaza, dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Several heritage structures stand in the same complex, among them old houses with their own architectural details. The town keeps the Kabkaban Festival for the same saint …
Santa Teresa de Avila Church
The town church, built from 1836 to 1848 in a classical Graeco-Roman style. Two bell towers stand on its facade, joined by a porch on two columns. The walls are coral stone. Inside are five gilded altars and a large …
Mandaue Church
A Catholic parish church at the centre of the city, and the National Shrine of Saint Joseph. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Cebu, and its parish covers the barangays of Guizo, Centro, Looc, Cambaro and Mantuyong.
Baclayon Church
One of the oldest stone churches in the country, rebuilt after the 2013 earthquake, with a small museum. Jesuits founded Baclayon in 1596 as the first Christian settlement in Bohol, and the coral stone church that stands now was finished …