Archive for April 6th, 2010
Just across the Casa Manila is one of the more remarkable structures in the country. This is San Agustin Church, the oldest church and building in the Philippines. Must like the story of the Three Little Pigs, the original building of nipa and wood in 1571 got burned down several times until the Spanish learned their lesson and started building a church made of stone. In 1607, the church was finally completed and it managed to survive several natural disasters such as multiple earthquakes that frequently rock the country and of course the bombing of Manila in World War II where miraculously, it was the only structure left standing.
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