Monday, June 29, 2020

Abucay Church Bataan

The Saint Dominic Parish Church (Tagalog: Simbahan ng Parokya ni Santo Domingo de Guzman), also known as Abucay Church, is a 17th-century Baroque church located at Brgy. Laon, Abucay, Bataan, Philippines. The parish church, founded by the Dominican Missionary Friars in 1588, is dedicated to Saint Dominic of Guzman.The parish is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga.
photos are taken 2018

The church housed one of the earliest printing presses in the Philippines, established in 1608 by Father Francisco Blancas de San Jose, O.P. and Tomas Pinpin who used the facility to print books in Spanish and Tagalog.The church was also a witness to the massacre of hundreds of Filipinos and Spaniards by the Dutch Invaders in June 23, 1647. These pieces of the church's history were inscribed on a historical marker installed by the National Historical Committee (now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines) in 1939.

San Guillermo Parish Church

San Guillermo Parish Church is named after San Guillermo, the patron saint of Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines, where the church is erected. The church was originally constructed by the Augustinian Friars in 1576 – also the town's founding – with Padre Diego de Ochoa, OSA, as the town's first parish priest. Having been installed as such two years after.

Photos are taken 2020In 1880, the church was destroyed by an earthquake only to be rebuilt by Fr. Eugenio Alvarez in 1886. On September 3, 1995, lahar flow from the slopes of Mount Pinatubo which erupted on June 15, 1991, buried the church at half its 12-metre (39 ft) height prompting its more than 50,000 town residents to evacuate to safer grounds in resettlement areas. Near the façade of the parish church is a museum which contains the history of the church. It also contains paintings of the Pinatubo eruption in 1991.

Barasoain Church

Ang Simbahan ng Barasoain ay isang Katolikong simbahang matatagpuan sa Lungsod ng Malolos, Bulacan.

Dito naganap ang tatlong mahahalagang pangyayari sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas: ang pagpupulong ng Unang Kongreso ng Pilipinas noong Setyembre 15, 1898; ang pagbalangkas sa Konstitusyon ng Malolos mula noong Setyembre 29, 1898 hanggang Enero 21, 1899; at ang pagpapasinaya ng Unang Republika ng Pilipinas noong Enero 23, 1899.[1]

Sa pamamagitan ng Atas ng Pangulo Blg. 260, iprinoklama ni Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos ang simbahan bilang isang pambansang liwasan noong Agosto 1, 1973.[2]

Ito ngayon ang nasa likod ng sampung pisong papel, at ito din ay naging tanawin para sa mga turista.
Photos are taken 2018

Mt.Samat Philippines

Mount Samat National Shrine (Tagalog pronunciation: [samats]) or Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valour) is a historical shrine located near the summit of Mount Samat in the town of Pilár, Province of Bataan, in the Republic of the Philippines. The memorial shrine complex was built to honor and remember the gallantry of Filipino and American soldiers who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Consisting of a Colonnade and the large Memorial Cross, the park was commissioned in 1966 by then-President Ferdinand Marcos,[1] for the 25th Anniversary of World War II.[2] The white Memorial Cross stands as a remembrance to the soldiers who fought and lost their lives in the Battle of Bataan. The shrine complex also includes a war museum with a wide array of collections from paintings of the Philippine heroes, to armaments used by the Filipino, American and Japanese forces during the battle.

From the colonnade and the cross, there is a panoramic view of Bataan, Corregidor Island and on a clear day, the city of Manila situated about 50 km (31 mi) across Manila Bay.
Photos are taken 2019

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