Southern Heritage Tour

8/6/2019 Southern Heritage Tour

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Greco Roman

Architecture Baroque-RococcoArchitecture

Sta. Catalina de Alejandria(Carcar)

Gothic Architecture

(High and Late

Medieval Period) Nuestra Seora del Pilar

de Zaragoza (Sibonga)

y San Miguel el Arcangel(Argao)

y San Guillermo(Dalaguete)

y Patrocinio de Maria(Boljoon)


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Greco-Roman Architecture


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Greco-Roman architecture is abundantin columns and size. There are two

primary types of Greco-Roman

architecture, Doric and Ionic. Examplesof Doric architecture are the Parthenon

and the Temple of Hephaestus in

Athens, while the Erechtheum, which is

located right next to the Parthenon, is

Ionic.


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Sta. Catalina de Alejandria (Carcar)


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Details

of theBell

Towers


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The present church of St.

Catherine of Alexandria in the

southern town of Carcar,

probably the third or second,

was built by the Augustiniansbetween 1860-1875.


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Construction was started by Fr.Antonio Manglano and was

finished during the time of Fr.

Fernandez Rubio. Carcar itself is a

gem of a town that features a

number of well-preserved Spanishand American period houses and

edifices.


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TheMain

Facadeof the

Church


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Flanking the main entrance are

solid and thick buttresses plainly

rendered and are capped with thetwin belfries. Taming the vertical

thrust of the structure is the

massive arch that softens the

facade as well as draws the eye.


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The church is one of the few well-built

stone churches in Cebu judging from

the harmony in design and the carefullayout. It is perhaps the only Spanish

colonial church in the island built with a

main nave that is flanked on both sideswith a low structure that serve as the

aisles.


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The

Interiors


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The Walls

and the

Flooring areDotted with

Tombstones


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Making it more unique among

other churches in Cebu are thevarious tombstones dotted on

certain parts of the walls, the

flooring, and the piers.


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Gothic Architecture (High andLate Medieval Period)


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Gothic architecture is a style of

architecture that flourished during

the high and late medieval period.

It evolved from Romanesque

architecture and was succeeded byRenaissance architecture.


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Originating in 12th century France andlasting into the 16th century, Gothic

architecture was known during the

period as "the French Style" (OpusFrancigenum), with the term Gothic first

appearing during the latter part of the

Renaissance. Its characteristic featuresinclude the pointed arch, the ribbed

vault and the flying buttress.


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Nuestra Seora del Pilar de

Zaragoza (Sibonga)


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Sibonga was established as a visita ofCarcar in 1690 and was later put under

Argaos jurisdiction. Becoming an

independent parish, construction of thechurch began between 1846-1868 and

completed during the term of Fr.

Enrique Magaz in 1881. The parish

house nearby was built earlier in 1839

by Bishop SantosG

omez Maraon.


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The church was restored in 1907

and consecrated by Msgr. Jeremias

Harty, archbishop of Manila, withthe assistance of Msgr. Thomas

Hendrick, bishop of Cebu, Msgr.

Juan Gorordo and seventeen other

priests.


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Early 20th century paintings by the

famed Cebuano painter Raymundo

Francia mesmerizes the visitor. The

ceiling of the side aisles has a

painted version of the Carcarcoffered ceiling woodwork.


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A View

of the

ChoirLoft


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The style of the church is Gothic. A

high main entrance dominates the

facade flanked with two massivebell towers. The decorations are

quite scant and the facade simple

with the rosette at the pediment the

only interesting detail sporting the

Augustinian seal in wrought iron.


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The Rectory

built in 1839

by Bishop

SantosGomes

Maraon


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Mainstaircase

leading to

the upperCloister of

the Rectory


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Hallway

of theRectory


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Baroque-Rococco Architecture


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Baroque architecture is a term used to

describe the era, starting in the late 16thcentury in Italy, that took the humanist

Roman vocabulary of Renaissance

architecture and used it in a newrhetorical, theatrical, sculptural fashion,

expressing the triumph of absolutist

church and state. The style wascharacterized by new architectural

concerns for color, light and shade,

sculptural values and intensity.


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San Miguel el Arcangel (Argao)


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The church of St. Michael theArchangel in Argao was built in

1783 during the time of Fr.

Francisco Espina who was the

parish priest from 1782 to 1798.

The church bears a strikingresemblance with the St. William

the Hermit Church in Dalaguete.


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The Church


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The architecture of the church is

baroque with some touches of rococco.

Intricate carvings of angels and floral

motifs adorn the facade, the sideentrances and the perimeter wall of the

church plaza. The rectory is connected to

the church while the bell tower standsapart from it but is connected by a low

structure that serves as the baptistry.


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Details of

the church

plazas

perimeter

wall


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Puerta

Marina


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One of the three portals of the

pueblo. The entire church complex

plus other Spanish colonialbuildings and structures were once

enclosed by a wall of stone. Parts ofthe wall still exist.


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A side

altar


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An

unplayablePipe Organ


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The

painted

ceilings

depicting

scenes

from the

bible


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The main altar retablo which

recently became controversial afterthe parish priest had the statues

painted with gold.


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San Guillermo (Dalaguete)


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Made from marble stones, San Guillermode Aquitana Church in Dalaguete was

established in 1690. Facing the sea and a

beautiful patio, it has a huge bell towerthat also serves as a watch tower during

the Spanish era. The church has a

baroque altar burnished in gold leaf andcrystal chandeliers shipped by the

Spanish galleons of yore


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The

facade

of thechurch


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The facade is divided into three horizontal

levels and bears a resemblance with the St.Michael the Archangel church in Argao. The

free standing bell tower which was built

between 1850-1860 by Fr. Juan Alonso isconnected to the southern part of the church

via a low structure. This low structure is

sometimes referred to as the camarin deloscampaneros or the bell ringers quarters

although in the case of Dalaguete it houses

the baptistry.


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The

interiors

of thechurch


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The

paintedceiling


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Main

Altar


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Bell of

theChurch


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The largest bell hanging freely atthe middle. The oldest bell dated

1805.


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Patrocinio de Maria (Boljoon)


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The

facade

of thechurch


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This church is the oldest remaining

original stone church in Cebu and was

declared for conservation and

restoration in 1998. Similar to the

churches of Argao and Dalaguete, the

Nuestra Senora Virgen del Patrocinio

church has a pseudo baroque rococodesign. Fronting the church was a newly

constructed park that has a free wifi

zone


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Boljoon was established as a visita of Carcar

in 1599 by the Augustinians and became anindependent vicariate on October 31, 1690. It

was abandoned due to lack of personnel and

was handed over to the Jesuits in 1737although it reverted back to the Augustinians

in 1747. The present day church was built in

1783 and is the only church in Cebu todaythat is in its most original form. An earlier

church built in the 17th century was gutted

down.


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Entrance to the Church Complex


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The bell towercurrently

undergoing

restoration asof September

2007


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The

Painted

Ceiling


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The

blockhouse

within the

complex

where artillery

was once

mounted at

the roofed

parapet

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