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| NHCP Photo Collection, 2009 |
NHCP Photo Collection, 2009
Location: Cebu City, Cebu (Region VII)Category: Building
Type: House of Worship
Status: National Historical Landmark
Marker Date: 1941
Marker Text:
CHURCH AND CONVENT OF SANTO NIÑO
THE FIRST TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE CHURCH AND CONVENT OF STO. NINO WERE BUILT IN 1565 BY THE AGUSTINIANS UNDER THE REV. ANDRES DE URDANETA. ON NOVEMBER 1, 1566, FIRE DESTROYED BOTH STRUCTURES AND THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REBUILT, BUT ANOTHER FIRE RAZED THEM DOWN ON MAY 8, 1628. THEY WERE RECONSTRUCTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY THE REV. JUAN DE MEDINA, BUT THEY LASTED ONLY UNTIL 1730. THE PRESENT CHURCH AND THE CONVENT, COMPLETED W 1740, WERE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY THE REV. JUAN ALBARRAN, O.S.A.. VENERATED IN THIS CHURCH SINCE THE TIME OF LEGASPI IS THE STO. NINO, THE CHIEF OBJECT OF PIOUS DEVOTION AND RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGE OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE VISAYAS.
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