These four churches, the first of which was built by the Spanish in the late 16th century ... churches constructed between the 16thand the18th centuries in the Spanish period of the Philippines. They ...

Most of them were old churches built by Spanish missionaries and friars ... House” by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and historical markers placed on the buildings ...

The Spanish had arrived in what would come to be known as the Philippines. Things did not get off to a good start. The expedition leader, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, found willing ...

A magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck in the central Philippines on Tuesday ... Del Santo Niño in Cebu City. The Loboc Church in Bohol, built by the Spanish in the 17th century, was toppled.

Five Filipino Christian leaders weigh in on the American church ... of Spanish rule, which brought Catholicism to the Philippine archipelago. Then the United States colonized the Philippines ...

He claimed the islands of the Philippines as a Spanish colony. Missionary priests came to spread the Catholic faith. Many churches were built throughout the country. Four of them were inscribed as ...