National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Church of San Francisco (Naga City)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

Location: Peñafrancia Stret, Naga City

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1950, (Re-unveiled, 20 February 2025)

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO

(NAGA CITY)

ORIGINAL BUILDING OF LIGHT MATERIALS ERECTED ON THIS SITE, 1578, WITH FRAY GERONIMO DE AGUILAR AS FIRST PRIEST. ENLARGED BY FRAY GREGORIO SALINAS, 1883; EMBELLISHED BY FRAY MARIANO CAMUNAS, 1897. HERE THE LAST SPANISH GOVERNOR OF AMBOS CAMARINES SURRENDERED TO THE FILIPINO FORCES LED BY CORPORALS ELIAS ANGELES AND FELIX PLAZO, 18 SEPTEMBER 1898. DAMAGED BY BOMBS DURING WORLD WAR II, 1945.

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 San Francisco (Naga City)

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