National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures

NHCP Photo Collection, 1952

Location: Calapan, Oriental Mindoro
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
Installed By: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

CHURCH OF CALAPAN

FOUNDED 1679 BY FR. DIEGO DE LA MADRE DE DIOS, AGUSTINIAN RECOLLECT. FORTIFIED WITH STONE WALL; TWO WATCHTOWERS AND TWENTY CANONS. ATTACKED BY MOROS, 23 OCTOBER 1754, WHO CAPTURED ANDRES DE JESUS Y MARIA AND MANY PEOPLE TAKING REFUGE THEREIN. BURNT, AUGUST, 1881. RECONSTRUCTED 1887. OCCUPIED BY THE REVOLUTIONISTS, 1898; BY THE AMERICANS, 1945; TURNED OVER TO THE FILIPINOS, 1945.

Tags: 1952, Buildings/Structures, Church of Calapan, House of Worship, Level II, Oriental Mindoro, Region IV-B

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