San Augustin
San Augustin
one of the first baroque Spanish churches built in the Philippines
Location:
General Luna St, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Duration:
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Personal highlights
- San Augustin: the first church was completed in 1571 and burnt in 1574
- 1720: current Church in Baroque design from the Spanish colonial period
- 1898: Place of surrender and handover from the Spanish to the American
- 1945: Place of occupied by the Japanese and used as a concentration camp
- UNESCO: four of the first churches built by the Spanish in the Philippines
Image sources
- San Augustin from the outside
- Souvenir booth at San Augustin
- Beautiful pattern of the door
- Inside of San Augustin Church
- Stairs down to the sewer system