Location: Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Year consecrated: 1607
Architect: Juan Macias
Architectural Style: Baroque
Groundbreaking: 1586
Year completed: 1607
Specifications: Length 67.15 meters (220 ft 3.7 in) Width 24.93 meters (81 ft 9.5 in)
Materials: Adobe Stones
San Agustin Church is a Roman Catholic church under the auspices of The Order of St. Augustine, located inside the historic walled city Intramuros of in Manila,. Completed by 1607, it is the oldest church currently standing in the Philippines. No other surviving building in the
In 1993, San Agustin Church was one of four Philippine churches constructed during the Spanish colonial period designated by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, under the classification "Baroque Churches in the Philippines". It had been named a National Historical Landmark by the Philippine government in 1976.
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