Island Paradise Philippines

Built in 1787 by Spanish Augustinian missionaries, Miag-ao Church in Iloilo is one of the four Baroque Churches listed in UNESCO World Heritage Sites here in he Philippines. The church has a fortress-like design as its been used as a place of worship and as defense against moro raiders at the time. The church facade has a unique Aztec-like bas relief depicting depicting St. Christopher carrying the baby Jesus through a tropical forest.

EXIF information :

• make OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
• model E-500
• exposureTime 0.008 s (1/125) (1/125)
• fnumber f/14.0
• isoEquiv 200
• DateTime 2008:02:23 10:02:33
• aperture 14.0000007564
• meteringMode matrix
• focalLength 12.00 (12/1)

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