Church of Recoletos

Location: Intramuros, Manila
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Building
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1935
Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee
Marker text:
CHURCH OF RECOLETOS

THE FIRST CHURCH ERECTED IN  1608 BY THE RECOLETOS FATHERS THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF BERNARDINO DEL CASTILLO MALDONADO WAS PARTIALLY RUINED IN THE EARTHQUAKE OF NOVEMBER 30, 1645, AND TOTALLY DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF AUGUST 20, 1658. A NEWLY BUILT CHURCH COLLAPSED IN 1722. THE PRESENT CHURCH DATES FROM 1780.

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