National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Church of Apalit

Location: Apalit, Pampanga (Region III)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF APALIT

THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF APALIT DATES FROM 1590. THE FORMER CHURCH, BUILT OF BRICK WAS DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1863. THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS CONSTRUCTED BY MARIANO SANTOS, OF GUAGUA, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE REV ANTONIO REDONDO, O.S.A., BETWEEN 1876 AND 1880. ITS TOWERS WERE FINISHED IN 1896 BY THE REV TORIBIO FANJUL, WHO PURPOSELY MADE THEM LOW TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES.

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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)

Church of Apalit

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