St. Augustine Church, Ilocos Norte
One of the more popular church in the country is the St. Augustine Church in Ilocos Norte, also famously known as the Paoay Church. Built in 1694 with baked bricks, coral rocks, salbot (tree sap), and lumber and 24 carved buttresses, this church is considered as the most outstanding example of “earthquake baroque.” Former President Ferdinand Marcos declared this church as a National Treasure and is now proudly enlisted in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
EXIF information :
- make OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- model C750UZ
- exposureTime 0.010 s (10/1000) (1/100)
- fnumber f/5.6
- isoEquiv 50
- DateTime 2006:06:17 11:12:07
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- meteringMode matrix
- focalLength 6.30 (63/10)
August 24th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Interesting church ruins. Always wonderful to explore such historical sites.
It reminds me of the A Famosa ( the fortress gate built by the Portuguese ).
August 24th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Indeed, a very impressive church.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
a national treasure indeed. am glad that the govt is now actively pushing for conservation of old structures. ganda ng shot mo.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:31 am
i’ve been there! hahaha. and your picture really showed that it is an old church
August 25th, 2007 at 1:08 am
ganda naman ng church. lumang luma pala ito at sikat pa. kailangan ko pumunta dyan.