via Manila Times, 18 March 2021: A overview of historic church architectural styles in the Philippines.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts identified more than 20 Spanish colonial-era churches that represent the church-building orders of Augustinians, Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits and Augustinian Recollects and the Seculars. The National Museum also declared these as National Cultural Treasures. To be part of this prestigious list, an item or place must “possess outstanding historical, cultural, artistic and/or scientific value which is significant and important to the country.” Included in the list are the four aforementioned Baroque churches — the Manila Cathedral, Barasoain Church in Bulacan, Betis Church in Pampanga, Calasiao Church and Manaoag Church in Pangasinan, Masinloc Church in Zambales, Maragondon Church in Cavite, Laoag Cathedral in Ilocos Sur, Church of Sta. Barbara in Iloilo, and Baclayon Church in Bohol, among others.
Source: Architecture during the Spanish colonial period – The Manila Times
