Jaro Belfry

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One of the few belfries in the country that stands apart from the church. It was constructed by the Spaniards to serve as a watchtower to monitor Muslim invasion from Mindanao. The colonial structure was ruined by an earthquake in 1948 and was restored decades later, in the mid-1990s.

Where

Plaza Rizal Street, Jaro

Town

Iloilo City

Adapted from Wikivoyage by its contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 23 Sep 2026