Intramuros Manila. Looking back the remains of oldest street of Manila. It was 2001 then when I first stepped to St. Agustin Church. My friend together with her nun foster guardian showed to me the religious history of church during Spaniards time. Its like church museum collected in different part of the Philippines and some were brought by Spanish priests in the country. The time we went back, some relics were closed for public tour.
Intramuros (Latin: within the walls) is the historic centre and oldest district of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. Also known as the Ciudad Murada (Walled
City) because of its most famous feature: a nearly three-mile-long
circuit of massive stone walls and fortifications that almost completely
surrounds the entire district. See: wikitravel
San Agustin Church is a Roman Catholic church under the auspices of The Order of St. Augustine, located inside the historic walled city of Intramuros in Manila. Completed by 1607,[1] It is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines;[2]no other surviving building in the Philippines has been claimed to pre-date San Agustin Church.
In 1993, San Agustin Church was one of four Philippine churches constructed during the Spanish colonial period to be designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, under the collective title Baroque Churches of the Philippines.[3] It was named a National Historical Landmark by the Philippine government in 1976. see also wiki.
Below is the random photos taken during the day photowalk inside and outside the San Agusting Church and Intramuros.
The hall way from the San Agustin Church Courtyard.
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