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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Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours
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 …
Saint Paul Metropolitan Cathedral
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 …
Paoay Church
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. …
San Agustin Church
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 …
Tayabas Basilica
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 …
Basilica of Our Lady of Piat
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 …
Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
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 …
Basilica Minore de San Pedro Bautista
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 …
Agoo Basilica
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 …
San Roque Church
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 …
Capul Church
A fortress church on Capul Island, also called Fuerza de Capul. The Jesuits set it up as a mission station in 1596 under the name of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and the National Museum of the Philippines has declared it …
Santa Rosa de Lima Parish Church
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 …
Minor Basilica of Saint Dominic
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 …
San Bartolome Church
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 …
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
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 …
Bato Church
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 …
Bacong Church
A parish church built partly of brick, a break from the coral stone used for most Spanish-period churches. The Augustinian Recollects built it in 1865 and placed it under Saint Augustine of Hippo. The belfry has a caracol stairway, and …
Baclaran Church
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 …
Manaoag Church
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 …
Barasoain Church
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 …
Abucay Church
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 …
San Jose the Husband of Mary Parish Church
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 …
Daraga Church
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. …
Molo Church
A gothic-revival church in coral stone whose nave is lined with sixteen statues of women saints. Its formal name is Santa Ana Parish Church, and people call it the women's church because every image inside is female, Saint Anne among …
Panay Church
A coral block church at Panay that holds the largest church bell in the country. Juan Reina cast the bell in about 1884 out of sacks of coin the townspeople gave, and it weighs more than 10 tonnes. The church …
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 …
Maragondon Church
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 …
San Joaquin Church
A church in southern Iloilo whose stone pediment shows a battle: the Spanish victory over the Moors at Tetouan. The Augustinians completed it in 1869. Inside are three retablos carved from limestone, which once carried paint. Next to the church …
Polo Church
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 …
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