National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat

Location: Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey, Mendiola Street, San Miguel, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF MONTSERRAT

THE PRIORATE OF THE BENEDICTINES. ERECTED IN MANILA IN 1904, WAS RAISED TO ABBEY IN JULY, 1924. THE CHURCH DEDICATED TO THE SANTO NIÑO JESUS DE PRAGA AND CONSECRATED ON JANUARY 13, 1926. HAD ITS CORNERSTONE LAID ON FEBRUARY 15, 1925. ITS ARTISTIC DECORATION AND PAINTINGS ARE THE WORKS OF BENEDICTINE FATHER LESMES LOPEZ AND BROTHER SALVADOR ALBERICH.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat

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