National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Church of Tanauan, Leyte

Location: Tanauan, Leyte (Region VIII)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1949

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF TANAUAN, LEYTE

CONSTRUCTED BY THE JESUIT MISSIONARIES, 1704, AND TURNED OVER TO THE AUGUSTINIANS, 1768–1843. REPAIRED AND ENLARGED 1850–1860 BY FR. FRANCISCO DE PAULA MARQUEZ WHO ADDED A TRANSEPT AND SURROUNDED THE PREMISES WITH THICK ROCK-WALL HAVING A WATCH TOWER ON EACH FOUR CORNERS FOR DEFENSE AGAINST PIRATES. WITHSTOOD HURRICANE AND TIDAL WAVE OF 1897.

Legend

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 Tanauan, Leyte

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