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Punto de Desembarco
This marks the very spot where Dr. Jose P. Rizal landed ashore on the night of July 17, 1892 to start his life as an exile in Dapitan. The historical significance of this moment is immortalized by the life-size images of Rizal, Captain Delgras, and Spanish artillery men that show them preparing to walk along…
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St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary
The St. Vincent Seminary is the fifth oldest and the last founded in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial regime. It was established around the same time as the creation of Jaro as a diocese separate from Cebu through a papal bull issued by Pope Pius IX on May 27, 1865 and put into effect…
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Santa Monica Parish Church
Pavia was founded both as town and parish by Spanish authorities in 1862 and a church was built almost at the same time but of less solid material. Fr. Policarpio Minayo, the first priest of the parish established under the advocation of Saint Monica of Africa, oversaw the construction of this church from 1862 to…
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Molo Church
St. Anne’s Church, more popularly known as Molo Church, is one of the most beautiful churches in the Philippines. It was declared a national landmark by the National Historical Institue in 1992. The church is of Gothic Renaissance architecture and is the only Gothic church in the country outside of Manila, according to an article…
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St. Thomas of Villanova Parish Church
When it comes to structures built during the Spanish colonial period, the St. Thomas of Villanova Parish Church is among the more notable ones in the Philippines. The present edifice, constructed from 1786-1797 under the supervision of Fray Francisco Gonzales Maximo, is the third built in Miagao during Spanish times and was intended not just…
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Santa Maria Parish Church
This church dedicated to Our Lady of China developed from a lowly Quonset hut into the imposing structure you see today. There are two beginnings to its story: in 1953, when Mexican missionary Padre Miguel Pardenas came to Iloilo for a retreat and, about a decade earlier, when the rise of atheism led to the…
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San Miguel Archangel Parish Church
Built in 1842, the San Miguel Arcangel (St. Michael Archangel) Church in this southern Cebu town has served the people of Samboan for close to 200 years. Fr. Felipe Redondo, church historian, described the Samboan Church in his book Breve Reseña published in 1886 as a building made of mamposteria with only one nave, quite…
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Santa Ana Parish Church
Elevated as a Diocesan Shrine in 2005, the Santa Ana Parish Church in Barili has gone through several reconstruction and renovations since the first structure was erected at its present site in February 1889. Two things set Barili apart from other parishes: it was the only one in the Archdiocese dedicated to Sta. Ana, the…
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St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish Church
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Madonna and Child