• Built by Fr. Juan de Torres and Fr. Gabriel Sanchez in 1595

• Oldest church in Bohol

• Oldest church mad of stone in the Philippines

• Simple lines of Early Decorated Style

• First built by Augustinian priests in 1859

• Combination of Romanesque and Renaissance

• Romanesque – recessed door jambs with orders and concentric arches

• Renaissance – fluted flat pilasters used for relieving walls

• Baroque – crowning pediment emphasized by the sweeping concave lines of the upper side walls

• First constracted by Fr. Diego Cerra in 1972

• First stone church built in Las Piñas city and reconstructed by Architect Francico Mañosa

• Church façade is Early Renaissance

• House of the famous Bamboo Organ

• Constructed by Fr. Juan de Torres

• Contains the biggest number of murals on religious subjects done on its ceiling and walls

• Early Renaissance façade – circular windows filling the tympanum

• Firs built by the Dominicans

• In 1880, the belfry demolished the church due to some cracks caused by an earthquake

• Church was completed in 1932

The present cathedral was constructed from 1954 to 1958 underCardinal Rufino Jiao Santos and under the supervision of the notable Filipino architect Fernando H. Ocampo.

• Declared as “National Landmark” in August 01, 1973

• It is included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List

•The church's over-all architectural style falls under the Baroque Romanesque architectural style. Its ochre color is due to the materials used in constructing the church, adobe, egg, coral and limestone. The church's foundation is 6 meters deep and the massive stone walls at 1.5 meters thick are intensified through the use of 4 meter thick flying buttresses as protection to the Moro invaders as stipulated under Royal Decree 111 of 1573 (Law of the Indies).

The Philippines' primary example of a Spanish colonial earthquake baroque architecture. The adaptive reuse of baroque style against earthquake is developed since many destructive earthquakes destroyed earlier churches in the country.

National Cultural Treasure by the Philippine government in 1973.

UNESCO World Heritage Site on December 11, 1993.

The Philippines' primary example of a Spanish colonial earthquake baroque architecture. The adaptive reuse of baroque style against earthquake is developed since many destructive earthquakes destroyed earlier churches in the country.