SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES
 PAOAY CHURCH, Ilocos Norte
 built in 1694 by Antonio Estavillo,
completed 1702-1710
 façade: rectangular, with arched
doorway, four continuous pilasters
alternating with niches
 finials and crenellations at pediment
niche at the apex
 huge volutes with low relief lines
tracing the contour to disguise the
large buttresses
 VIGAN CHURCH, Ilocos Sur
 finished in 1800
 located within the grid iron planned
streets of a colonial town
 baroque elements include
protruding columns and solid
frames; three arched doorways
leading to three naves at the first
level, guarded by ionic pillars with
chinese fu dogs
 urn-like finial at pediment
 SANTA MARIA CHURCH, Ilocos Sur
 constructed late 18th century, 85
steps leading to the church was
built by Augustinian Benigno
Fernandez
 massive brick church perched on a
hill
 façade has circular buttresses,
three openings and a blind niche,
semi-circular pediment
 TUMAUINI CHURCH, Isabela
 begun 1783-1788 by Dominican
Domingo Forto and town mayor
Pablo Sason; 1803-1808 – circular
belltower was completed
 pampango artisans carved the
hardwood molds for the clay insets
that decorate the church
 ultra-baroque : unique for its
extensive use of baked clay both for
wall finishes and ornamentation
 ornamental details : serpentine
reliefs, spiral curves, flowers,
foliage, sunfaces, cherubs and
saints
 circular belltower with white
limestone finish, decorated with
bright red clay rosettes and festoons
 ANGAT CHURCH, Bulacan
 begun 1756-1773 by Augustinian
Gregorio Giner; completed in 1802
by Fray Joaquin Calvo
 baroque style : coupled Corinthian
and Doric columns divide façade
into levels or segments, statues
ringed with wreath-like ornaments
flank niches, windows with bas-relief
“curtains”
 plain three-storey belltower with
balustered top
 BARASOAIN CHURCH, Bulacan
 1871-1878 : stone church was
constructed to replace wooden
structure; 1880 – earthquake ruined
the church
 1885 : Augustinian Juan Giron
commissioned a builder named
Magpayo to rebuild the church
 variation on the circle motif
 flutings on pilasters with ends
blunted into semicircles detract from
the NeoClassical
 belltower has a cubic base, three
layes accented by blind and open
windows, top has crenellations and
six-sided cone
 SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH, Manila
 a church built for all times after
previous churches were damaged
by earthquakes in 1863 and 1880
 designed in the Gothic style
(without flying buttresses) by
Genaro Palacios in Revivalist
architecture
 made entirely of steel; plans were
sent to Belgium where the parts
were made in sections then
transported to Manila
 interiors were painted to resemble
faux marble; adorned with sculpture
by Eusebio Garcia and painting by
Lorenzo Rocha
 SAN AUGUSTIN CHURCH, Manila
 oldest church in the Philippines;
built 1587-1607 by Juan Macias
according to the plans approved by
the Royal Audencia de Mexico and
by a Royal Cedula
 1854 : Don Luciano Oliver
(Municipal Architect of Manila)
directed the renovation of the
façade by adding to the height of the
towers; these towers were damaged
 in the 1863 earthquake and were
never rebuilt
 plaza adorned with Fu dogs
represents colonial urban planning
 High Renaissance : superpositioned
Tuscan orders at first level,
Corinthian capitals at second level;
circular windows at plain pediment;
heavily carved, two-paneled main
door with images of St. Augustine
and St. Monica amidst Philippine
flora
 nave is flanked by 12 collateral
chapels each housing a Baroque or
NeoClassic retablo
 Baroque elements include trompe
l’oeil : sculpture by Italian artists
Cesare Dibella and Giovanni
Alberoni on the ceiling and pilasters
 cloisters built around an atrium with
a garden planted by Augustinian
botaninst Manuel Blanco
 TAAL CHURCH, Batangas
 1858 : Fray Marcos Anton, with the
help of the architect Don Luciano
Oliver, started construction; the
church was completed in 1878
 built on top of a hill and may be
reached through flagstone steps,
unobstructed by other buildings
 façade : arched windows alternate
with Ionic columns at first level,
Corinthian at upper level; projected
cornices and mouldings; three
pediments
 interior is cavernous bur drab with
stout piers and semi-circular apse :
mathematical exactness rather than
ornamentation
 DARAGA CHURCH, Albay
 established by people who fled the
eruption of Mt. Mayon form
Cagsawa
 the Franciscan wanted a church
with the best features of
Romanesque and Gothic, but it was
executed by the carvers in Baroque
 façade : a whole tablet without
columns and cornices, only
symmetrically positioned
fenestrations, apertures and niches;
whorls, twisted columns, foliage,
medallions, statues and reliefs
 MIAGAO CHURCH, Iloilo
 present church was built 1786-1797
under the supervision of fray
Francisco Gonzales Maximo; a
storey was added to the left belfry in
1830
 also served as fortress against
Muslim pirates, simple and massive
structure mixed with ornate details
 local botanical motifs at façade
reliefs reminiscent of cookie cutouts
(de gajeta), used to describe 16th
century Mexican architectural reliefs
 SANTO NINO DE CEBU BASILICA, Cebu
 built by Fray Juan de Albarran
about 400 years ago, on the site
where a soldier found an image of
the Sto. Nino in a settlement that the
Spanish soldiers have burned down
 the Convent was founded in 1565,
making it the first to be built in the
country
 constructed with stones from Panay
and Capiz
 façade : blending of Moorish,
Romanesque and NeoClassical
elements; trefoils on the doorways;
two levels divided into three
segments and topped by pediment;
retablo at the center
 belltower has four-sided balustraded
dome
 interior : pierced screen with floral
motifs, pineapple decors at the
choirloft, corn cobs at the capital