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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Decena, Jesica Ann L.

San Agustin Church




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 Philippines has been claimed to pre-date San Agustin Church.

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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