February 22-26, 2019
Mabuhay!
This is a photo and video journal of our travel to the magnificent province of Bohol, featuring day 2 of our itinerary: visiting the magnificent municipality of Baclayon.
Getting There
From our previous destination at Stephanie Grace Hotel in Loboc, the journey from the jeepney station to the magnificent town of Baclayon takes around 30 minutes.
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| Aboard jeepney - a famous local transportation of the Philippines |
Baclayon Public Market
Baclayon Municipal Hall
At the Seaside
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| at the central gazebo |
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Constructed in 1727, Baclayon church is the oldest coral stone Roman Catholic church in the Visayas Region. One of the oldest in Asia and foremost among the best-preserved Jesuit-built Churches in the Philippines, it was formerly included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List of the Philippines in 1993 under the collective group of Jesuit Churches of the Philippines. When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Bohol and other parts of Central Visayas in 2013, the church building sustained major damage. Reconstruction by the National Museum of the Philippines started in 2013 and was completed in 2017.
(Excerpts from Wikipedia - Baclayon Church May 1, 2021)
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| The coral-stone fence of the church. |
"This edifice was formally constructed by Father Juan de Torres & Father Gabriel Sanchez, both Jesuit priests. The first Christian mission in Bohol was on November 17, 1596. The first chapel made of wood was constructed in honor of The immaculate virgin of Concepcion and became an official parochial church in 1717. The existing coral stone church building was constructed in 1727. Governed by the Augustinian Recollects, in 1768, the silver tabernacle in the main altar was added. 1810, baptism and eucharist were initiated. In 1852, a few renovations and repairs were made but the original neo-classical architectural motif of using roman arches and temples was preserved up to the present time.
By the virtue of the order of the President of the Philippines number 260 dated August 1, 1973, amended by order number 375 dated January 14, 1974, and order number 1505 dated June 11, 1978, this church building was declared a national historic landmark on July 27, 1994."
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| The Ten Commandments in the local Boholanon language. |
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| Our lunch is a simple rice meal from a food stall in the market. |
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