Church of Laoag

NHCP Photo Collection, 2007
NHCP Photo Collection, 2007
NHCP Photo Collection, 2007
NHCP Photo Collection
NHCP Photo Collection, 2019
NHCP Photo Collection, 2019
NHCP Photo Collection, 2019
NHCP Photo Collection, 2007
Location: Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (Region I)
Category: Building
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1950
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
CHURCH OF LAOAG

CHAPEL OF WOOD AND THATCH BUILT ON THIS SITE WHEN THE AUGUSTINIAN FRIARS FOUNDED THE PARISH, 1580. REPLACED BY THIS CHURCH OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE; FOUNDATION LAID, 1612. LOOTED BY THE CHIEFTAIN ALMAZAN WHO TOOK POSSESSION OF VIRGIN MARY’S CROWN AND PROCLAIMED HIMSELF KING, 1661. DAMAGED BY FIRE, 1843; REPAIRED BY OBRAS PUBLICAS UNDER ENGINEER ANTONIO DE LA CAMARA AND FRAY SANTIAGO MUNIZ, 1873–1880. OCCUPIED BY REVOLUTIONISTS, 1898; BY AMERICAN FORCES, 1899. OWNERSHIP CONTESTED BY AGLIPAYANS, 1901. SCENE OF DIOCESAN MARIAN CONGRESS, 1932 AND 1949.

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