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	Baroque Churches of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parish Church of Santiago Apostol in Betis Guagua, Pampanga
		Parish Church of San Joaquin in San Joaquin, Iloilo
		Parish Church of San Matias in Tumauini, Isabela
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baroque_Churches_of_the_Philippines (712 words)

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		This church is a significant monument to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, being the first religious structure built in the island of Luzon, after the Spanish relocated from Cebu in the south.
		San Agustin church is also the only colonial church that has retained its original vaulting, despite the destructive forces that shelled the church during WW II.
		San Agustin church is, indeed, the mother of all Philippine colonial churches.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~gaspar/agustin.html (1114 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		San Agustín Church in Laredo began in 1760 when the bishop of Guadalajara sent the first resident pastor in response to the pleas of the first settlers, who had founded Laredo in 1755.
		In 1945-46 the church was enlarged by the addition of a new forty-foot altar area to the east end of the building, with a sacristy on either side.
		In 1985 San Agustín Church was transferred from the care of the Oblate Fathers back to that of the diocesan clergy, who had begun the parish 225 years earlier.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/SS/ics11.html (1619 words)

	San Agustin
		Historians have recorded the beginning of "San Agustin de Laredo" in 1755 by a group of Spanish families headed by Don Tomas Sanchez.
		In 1789, San Agustin was established as a parish by the Bishop of Guadalajara whose jurisdiction extended into Texas which at that time was part of Mexico.
		Today, Laredo's San Agustin Church, one of the oldest in the Southwest, remains the center of not only the city's religious life, but the adjoining plaza is the center of economic, political, and social activities for this border town, one of the fastest growing cities in the United States of America.
	www.dioceseoflaredo.org /html/san_agustin.html (587 words)

	Philippines: Intramuros - 01 \| St Augustine of Hippo \| Order of St Augustine
		Fire destroyed the church in 1574, a replacement church was damaged by a typhoon in 1582 and razed by a fire in 1583, and a third church there in 1586.
		It was to be the first stone church in the Philippines to be built according to the blending of the architecture of Mexico and Spain.
		The church was designed according to the plans approved by the Royal Audencia of Mexico, for the Spanish settlement of the Philippines was initially in the control of the Spanish authorities (audienca) in Mexico.
	www.augnet.org /default.asp?ipageid=933 (488 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Discover Philippines :: Culture :: Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This small jewel-box church is the first all-steel church in the Philippines and in Asia; and the second in the world.
		The church is the oldest stone church in the country, built by the Jesuits in 1595.
		The size of the church and the convent, which was built by the Recollect missionaries in 1851, support some views that the church authorities during those days were the most powerful in running the affairs of the government all throughout the country.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /discover/churches.asp (802 words)

	San Agustin Church, Manila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The interior of the San Agustín Church in Intramuros, with magnificent trompe l'oeil mural on its ceiling and walls
		San Agustín Church, built between 1587 and 1606, it is one of the oldest churches in the Philippines, the oldest being Basilica Minore del Santo Niño built in 1566, older by 20 years, and the only building left intact after the destruction of Intramuros during the Battle of Manila (1945).
		The church also houses the legacies of the Spanish conquistadors, Miguel López de Legazpi, Juan de Salcedo and Martín de Goiti who are buried and laid to rest in a tomb, underneath the church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Agustin_Church (306 words)

	Oaxaca City Churches \| Planeta
		The church is famous for the interior decoration and the elaborate altar made of gold and beautifully carved wood.
		The church is closed during the afternoons from 1-4pm.
		Inagurated in 1644, this church venerates the Virgin of Guadalupe.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/mexico/oaxaca/oaxacacitychurches.html (1213 words)

	Churches, Noodles, and my Olympus Camedia
		The church and the convent were razed by fire in 1822 and were rebuilt in 1824 under the supervision of Fr.
		The church compound was expanded in 1861 and suffered damages in the 1863 earthquake.
		The church was razed during the Philippine Revolution of 1898 and the Filipino-American War of 1899.
	bigberto.blogspot.com /2006/09/world-heritage-sites-according-to_15.html (1208 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		THE original San Agustin Church was built in 1571 in Intramuros, Manila, by the Augustinian monks after its site was designated by Adelantado Miguel Legazpi and assigned to the Augustinian order.
		From 1599 to 1606, after the earlier edifice chiefly made of wood burned down thrice, a bigger church was built in the area that has since then been known as the San Agustin Church.
		The church’s history is chronicled in an exhibit in the museum entitled Sailors, Monks, and Church Builders.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/06/25/OPED2005062537771.html (365 words)

	Baroque Churches of the Philippines - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		San Agustin in Manila was the first Phillipine baroque church that I visited.
		I didnt know San Pedro de Makati church had such an interesting background, unfortunately, it takes more these features to be included in the WHS list and Im sure those who nominate and approve these sites have their own criteria in doing so.
		San Agustin in Manila (one of the 4 listed) was where we once had a school trip.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/baroquechurches.html (1063 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Whether on a large or small scale, their chapels and churches were designed functionally to accommodate their practices in worship and aesthetically to satisfy certain values, within the economic means of the builders.
		A church was often a simple box of logs, frame, or stone, with three or four openings per side and a gabled roof, above which rose a simple cross or belfry that identified the function of the building.
		Among the churches with painted interiors is the Praha Catholic Church (1891) in rural Fayette County.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/cgc2.html (1057 words)

	Information Peru Travel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the church, Basilica del Rosario, the tower has a peculiar architectural style; in the left altar is worshipped Virgin del Rosario, in the right side are worshipped the Peruvian saints Santa Rosa de Lima, San Martin de Porres and San Juan Masías.
		It is the main temple in Lima and during the Colony was the church of the aristocracy.
		Church of a single nave with magnificent altarpieces carved and covered with gold leafs and pulpit of Baroque style.
	www.go2peru.com /webapp/ilatintravel/articulo.jsp?cod=1998844 (1259 words)

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		In the north, the Tumauini church in Isabela is renown for its intricate brick ornamentation.
		Taal church in Batangas is the widest church in Asia, while San Sebastian church in Manila, perhaps the crowning glory of colonial church building in the country, is the first all-iron church in Asia.
		As a pre-fabricated steel structure, San Sebastian church is closely behind the structural feat of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~gaspar/church-intro.html (1419 words)

	Manila Hotel in Tourist Belt: Manila Hotel near Manila Cathedral, Fort Santiago and San Agustin Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Built in the second half of the 18th century, this unique church with Moslem-baroque architecture is considered to be one of the oldest churches outside the walled city.
		The Basilica of San Sebastian is one of the four minor basilicas in the Archdiocese of Manila.
		San Sebastian was raised to a minor basilica in 1890 and was consecrated in 1891.
	manila.panpacific.com /hotel/location.html (1149 words)

	Energy - 18th Century Pipe Organ in San Agustin Church - Fung Yu - 230/233 - World Wide Panorama
		The 18th Century Pipe Organ, apart from generating "acoustic energy"; it was also housed in a historic church, a place of "spiritual energy".
		San Agustin Church at Intramuros in Manila is the oldest Christian sanctuary in the Far East.
		The Augustinians immediately in that year built there the Church of San Agustin (Saint Augustine), which was a temporary structure of bamboo and thatch.
	geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp905/html/FungYu.html (213 words)

	Old churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Particularly the Baclayon Church on the island of Bohol and the San Agustin Church (Manila, Intramuros) were under discussion.
		Therefore, the honor of being the oldest stone church in the Philippines is due to San Agustin.
		Later the American invaders brought the separation from state and church in the country with the consequence, that the Catholic Church of the Philippines is at first responsible for the maintenance and repairs in the churches.
	home.arcor.de /be/bethge/oldchurches.htm (2509 words)

	San Agustin: Art And History Of The San Agustin Church, The Museum And The Monastery (1571-2000)
		Built in the heart of Intramuros, San Agustin was the mother church, It was the first Spanish stone church to be built in the Philippines.
		The second section is a detailed "walking tour" of the San Agustin church monastery museum complex, the various buildings which are themselves architectural marvels that have stood the test of time, and art objects that compromise tis remarkable collection of church art.
		San Agustin features 100 photos, 60 in color and other archrival photos many of which have never been published before, maps and a 400-year comprehensive chronology of the Church, the Monastery, and the Museum.
	www.kabayancentral.com /book/bookmark/mb9157186.html (342 words)

	San Agustin Church \| Manila Sights & Activities \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		The National Historical Commission of the Philippines marked the Church of San Agustin in Intramuros, Manila as the Oldest Stone Church in the country.
		The church, being the oldest in the Philippines, is also inscribed in a historical marker installed by the said commission.
		Its rivalry with the Immaculate Conception Church in Baclayon, Bohol, which was built in 1596 proves that the Church of San AGustin is the oldest.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=manila@96&cur_section=sig&property_id=267576 (229 words)

	Manila, Philippines
		Attached to San Agustin Church, the Philippines' oldest church, the San Agustin Museum displays an astonishing array of artistic treasures.
		Quiapo Church is the home of the Black Nazarene, a life-size image of Christ that has been the object of fervent veneration over centuries.
		Churches such as Malate Church and Guadalupe Church sprouted all over the country, serving not just as places of worship but as centers of social and cultural life as well.
	worldfacts.us /Philippines-Manila.htm (2463 words)

	SEMP - What Is “Earthquake Baroque” Architecture?
		San Agustin (Manila)—called the “Mother of all Churches”—was built by the Spaniard Juan Macias in 1586.
		Philippine church architecture historian Alicia Coseteng, in “Spanish Churches of the Philippines”, describes San Agustin as “‘having an inverted vaulting foundation, which reacts to seismic effects in much the same manner as the hull of a ship resists the waves’.
		The Paoay Church has buttresses that extend out considerably from the exterior walls and provides a visual experience that is three-dimensional, unlike most of the churches in the country where the inherent beauty of the church is limited only at the façade, according to one observer.
	www.semp.us /biots/biot_332.html (1870 words)

	Probing on Philippine Old Churches
		On the side of the church, the Committee on Church Patrimony is established under CBCP as a response to a Vatican directive to establish such committee.
		For instance, Miag-ao Church was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1993, together with three other Baroque churches in the country --- San Agustin Church in Paoay, Ilocos Norte; Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion Church in Sta.
		Maria, Ilocos Sur; and the San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/philippine_weekend_getaways/75527/3 (395 words)

	Travel in Manila - Philippines - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		The San Agustin Church and Museum which is a private museum under the supervision of the Augustinian Friars is housed inside the Old Monastery of the Church.
		An intricately carved door opens to the church of great interest are the Baroque pulpit, molave choir stalls and an 18th century pipe organ.
		Like an impregnable fortress, San Agustin has withstood the ravages of time both wrought by nature and by man: earthquakes and typhoons, Chinese and Dutch attacks, the British Occupation Force and the Philippine-Spanish War, Dewey's bombardment and the bloody and destructive Japanese Occupation and the equally devastating return of MacArthur's troops.
	www.asiatravelling.net /philippines/manila/manila_culture.htm (1308 words)

	manalang.com: Philippines 2003 \| San Agustin Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		[from Lonely Planet:] San Agustin Church was the only building left intact after the destruction of Intramuros.
		Build between 1587 and 1606, it is the oldest church in the Philippines.
		San Agustin Church was the only building left intact after the destruction of Intramuros.
	manalang.com /philippines/manila/san_agustin_church.html (136 words)

	Manila Standard: The Future is Ours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During the war in the 1940s the churches of Intramuros were destroyed.
		San Agustin was fortunate to survive, but the "fiestas" and processions were interrupted because most of the residents and members of the Confraternities moved to other places.
		The Confraternity was officially established in 1608 and spread, as a private devotion, in the various towns founded by the Augustinians.
	www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=goodLife03_aug26_2002 (282 words)

	PHILIPPINE CHURCHES
		The flowering of colonial church architecture was a significant event in the history of the Philippines.
		To finally see such wonderful Spanish colonial churches in their own unassuming settings; to experience their aura; and to touch with my bare hands living monuments of a charged bygone era was an experience that can 't be described in tangible terms.
		Although I was not yet in the School of Architecture at the time and was not quite familiar with the idioms of church architecture, I remember being dazzled by the church's enormous solid buttresses and wondered about their architectural significance.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~gaspar/churches.html (882 words)

	Iglesia de San Agustine/ Manila/ Philippines - SkyscraperCity
		Known as the “city of 10 churches,” Intramuros is a walled city crowned by the spires and domes of its spiritual abodes.
		The Augustinian fathers built the San Agustin Church, a temporary structure of bamboo and thatch, in 1570.
		The inside of the San Agustin Church in Intramuros, with magnificent trompe l'oeil mural on its ceiling and walls;The main altar of the church.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=300702 (702 words)

	Tour By Mexico ® - Salamanca in Guanajuato State, Mexico
		Our Lord of the Hospital Church): This was the first Parish Church in the city of Salamanca and was commissioned by Don Vasco de Quiroga in 1560.
		Agustin Church) This is considered to be one of the most important architectural works of art during the vice regal period.
		Construction of the church and convent began in 1641 and took 64 year to complete.
	www.tourbymexico.com /guana/salamanca/salaman.htm (173 words)

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