ABBEY Latin word that literally means father.

Catholic monastery or convent, under t

the community. It always has a place of worship where the monks or nuns pr

CATHEDRAL From the Latin word ‘cathedra’ that literally means seat .Cathedral is consider
May not be the biggest church in the city but it is led and is the see of the bis
ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

BASILICA Basilicas are the highest ranking churches and are declared so by the Pope. A
rites by the Pope. What these rites are is often different from one religious gr

MINISTER churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching church

CHURCH Is a "house of worship," a building in which Christians gather to perform the r

church refers to all of the above.

LOCAL CHURCHES

STYLE CHURCH LOCATION

Modern Romanesque Baclaran Church Baclaran, Parañaque

Baroque Morong Church Morong, Rizal

Baroque Manaoag Church Manaoag, Pangasinan

Taal Basilica / Minor Basilica of Saint
Neo-classic Martin of Tours Taal, Batangas
Poblacion, Angat,
Baroque Angat Church Bulacan
Basílica Minore del Santo Niño de
Earthquake Baroque Cebú Cebu City
 Quiapo Church / Minor Basilica of the
Baroque Black Nazarene Quiapo, Manila

Manila Cathedral / Minor Basilica and

Metropolitan Cathedral of the
Neo-Romanesque Immaculate Conception Manila

Neo-Gothic Baguio Cathedral Baguio

Baroque San Agustin Church Intramuros, Manila

Antipolo Cathedral Antipolo City, Rizal

Baroque Tumauini Church Tumauini, Isabela

Baroque Loboc Church Loboc, Bohol,

Baroque Daraga Church Daraga, Albay

Spanish Modern Style Santo Domingo Church Quezon City

Earthquake Baroque Las Piñas Church / Saint Joseph Parish

San Sebastian Church / Minor Basilica

Neo-Gothic of San Sebastian Quiapo, Manila

Baroque Romanesque Miagao Church Miag-ao, Iloilo

Baroque Barasoain Church Malolos, Bulacan

Filipino Colonial Neo-

Classical Baroque Panay Church Panay, Capiz

Neoclassical San Ignacio Church Intramuros, Manila

#NAME? Bacarra Church Bacarra, Ilocos Norte
Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church
(Calasiao)

Santa Maria Church

National Museum of the Philippines

Betis Church

Binondo Church

Baclayon Church

Jaro Cathedral

Molo Church

Binondo Church

Santa Cruz Church

Malate Church

Guadalupe Church

Nuestra Señora de Gracia Church

Fort Santiago

INTERNATIONAL CHURC

Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris / Notre-

French Gothic Dame de Paris Paris, France
French Gothic,
Romanesque, Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France

Italian Gothic Siena Cathedral Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Seville Cathedral Seville, Spain

Early English York Minster York, England

French Gothic Beauvais Cathedral Beauvais, France

High Gothic Reims Cathedral Reims, France

Romanesque Worms Cathedral Worms, Germany

Romanesque Vézelay Abbey Burgundy, France

 Gothic Ulm Minster Ulm, Germany

Amiens, France
Gothic Amiens Cathedral

#NAME? Gothic Basilica of Saint-Denis Saint-Denis, France

#NAME? Gothic Cologne Cathedral Cologne, Germany

tery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of
re the monks or nuns pray.

at .Cathedral is considered as the principal church (the major) religious establishment in a certain diocese.
and is the see of the bishop. An episcopal see is, in the usual meaning of the phrase, the area of a bishop's

clared so by the Pope. A basilica is a large and important church that has been given special ceremonial
ent from one religious group to another.

ssionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title.

s gather to perform the rituals of their religion and interact with one another and hold religious functions. A

LOCAL CHURCHES

DESCRIPTION

largest Marian churches in the Philippines

enshrines the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help

most striking of all church facades along Laguna de Bay

built under forced labor ,men, women, and even children, during the Spanish colonization

canonically approved the granting of a "Special Bond of Spiritual Affinity in Perpetuity" wherein
the pilgrims are assured of the same blessings equal to that received when visiting a papal
basilica in Rome.
largest church in the Philippines and in Asia, standing 88.6 metres (291 ft) long and 48 metres
(157 ft) wide
ceiling paintings within the interiors resemble the ceiling paintings of the Sistine Chapel in the
Vatican

oldest Roman Catholic church in the country,

built on the spot where the image of the Santo Niño de Cebú was found during the expedition
of Miguel López de Legazpi

Mother and Head of all Churches in the Philippines

famous home for the Black Nazarene, a dark statue of Jesus Christ
the reconstruction plan of fire destroyed wooden ceiling and sacristy, is prepared by Juan
Nakpil adding the church's dome and a second belfry to balance out the façade
José María Zaragoza later enlarged the church and changed the design of the lateral walls in
1984, retaining the façade and the dome.

is the cathedral of Manila and basilica located in Intramuros,

dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, a title for the Blessed Virgin Mary, the principal
patroness of the country

cathedral serves as the episcopal see of the Archbishop of Manila.

reduced to rubble by Allied bombardment during the Battle of Manila of Second World War,
the present incarnation of the cathedral was made under the supervision of the notable
Kapampangan architect Fernando H. Ocampo.

the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baguio.

distinctive pink exterior, twin spires and stained glass windows make it a popular tourist
attraction in Baguio

located inside the historic walled city of Intramuros in Manila.

the oldest church in the country.

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

the seat of the Bishop of Antipolo.

enshrines the Marian image of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage

was destroyed by Allied bombardment meant to liberate the area from the Japanese imperial
control, Architect José L. de Ocampo was commissioned to design the new shrine
declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines and
considered for the UNESCO World Heritage
Attached to the church's façade is a unique cylindrical belfry built in 1805.[4][6] It is the only
known Spanish colonial era cylindrical tower in the country.
extensive use of red bricks on its exterior and interior ornamentations due to lack of good
quality stones in the area

classified as a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the

Philippines and a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines.
destroyed after the 2013 Bohol Earthquake

known for its Churrigueresque, a Spanish Baroque style of elaborate sculptural architectural
ornament marked by extreme, expressive and florid decorative detailing, architectural style in
its façade
façade and its walls are made out of volcanic rocks, which are rich in the area, current white
façade is the result of a coating of lime for protection from deterioration
one of the few churches in the country that has four spiral columns known as Solomonic
columns, a helical column, characterized by a spiraling twisting shaft like a corkscrew.

the biggest church in Metro Manila and one of the biggest churches in Asia.
Measuring 85 by 40 metres with a height of 25 metres, there is a total floor area of 3,300
square metres
built in the Spanish Modern style, which was unlike the Baroque churches built during Spanish
period

renowned to house the Bamboo Organ, a pipe organ made mostly with bamboo pipes.

made from adobe (volcanic) stones

church was restored by Francisco Mañosa and Partners due to the heavily plastered walls,
aquamarine wall paint finish and few fluorescent tubes hanging from the ceiling.

the only steel building church in the Philippines and first and only all-steel church in Asia
prefabricated steel sections composing the church were manufactured and transported in eight
separate shipments from Binche, Belgium

declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the collective title Baroque Churches of the
Philippines, a collection of four Baroque Spanish-era churches

ochre color is due to the constrution materials: adobe, egg, coral and limestone
two huge unequal belltowers serve as watchtowers to defend the town against invasion of
Moros commissioned by two different priests
Spanish authorities coined "baras ng suwail," which means "dungeon of the defiant" since it
was a meeting place for anti-Spanish and anti-colonial illustrados

Revolutionary Government headed by Emilio Aguinaldo moved the capital to Malolos, Bulacan
wherein the First Philippine Congress is held at the church wrtiing the Malolos constitution for
the soon to be proclaimed Philippine Republic.
the unusually largest bell in the country cast by using sacks of coin given by the people of the
town and weighs more than 10 tonnes

designed for the Jesuits by architect Felix Roxas, Sr

 known for its centuries-old, domeless, leaning bell tower.

INTERNATIONAL CHURCHES

finest examples of French Gothic architecture

Innovative use of the rib vault and flying buttress, the enormous and colorful rose windows,
and the naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration all set it apart from earlier
Romanesque architecture
publication of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame sparked the major restoration
of Notre-Dame which suffered desecration during the French Revolution
most visited monument in Paris having 12 million people visit Notre-Dame yearly
two towers are sixty-nine meters high, and were the tallest structures in Paris until the
completion of the Eiffel Tower

the high point of French Gothic art

west end is dominated by two contrasting spires – a 105-metre plain pyramid and a 113-metre
Flamboyant spire on top of an older tower.
houses the famous relic, the Sancta Camisa, said to be the tunic worn by the Virgin Mary at
Christ's birth

seat of the Bishop of Chartres of the Diocese of Chartres

exterior and interior stripes on the walls and columns are constructed of white and greenish-
black marble; black and white are the symbolic colors of Siena,

third-largest church in the world as well as the largest Gothic church

total area occupied by the building is 23,500 square metres

longest nave of any cathedral in Spain

second largest Gothic cathedral of Northern Europe great example of English Gothic
architecture

contains the Great East Window, the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world

seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England

highest-vaulted cathedral in Europe reaching 48 m in height

where the kings of France were crowned.

most important building of the Romanesque style in Worms

located on the highest hill in the city to be safe from flooding

contains relics of Mary Magdalene

one of the outstanding masterpieces of Burgundian Romanesque art and architecture

remains the tallest church in the world, until the eventual completion of Sagrada Familia, with a
steeple measuring 161.5 metres
sometimes referred to as Ulm Cathedral because of its great size, the church is not a cathedral
as it has never been the seat of a bishop.
tallest complete cathedral in France with a nave reaching an internal height of 42.30 metres
(surpassed only by the incomplete Beauvais Cathedral

shows the first use of all of the elements of Gothic architecture

burial place of the French Kings, coronation ground for French Queens

Saint Denis, a patron saint of France, became the first bishop of Paris.

tallest twin-spired church at 157 m

largest Gothic church in Germany and Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires

The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church