Church of Sto. Domingo

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 26 June 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF STO. DOMINGO

FIRST CHAPEL INAUGURATED ON JANUARY 1, 1588. COLLAPSED IN 1589. FIRST CHURCH BUILT BY ALONSO JIMANEZ, O.P. IN 1592 WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ON APRIL 30, 1603. A SECOND CHURCH WAS RUINED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF NOVEMBER 30, 1645. A THREE-AISLE CHURCH WAS ERECTED BUT WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF JUNE 3, 1863. CORNER STONE OF PRESENT CHURCH LAID ON AUGUST 30, 1864. THE IMAGE OF NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO, VENERATED HERE, WAS CANONICALLY CROWNED ON OCTOBER 5, 1907.