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Tuesday
22nd of June 2004 |
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San Agustin Church
Intramuros, Manila
3:15 pm |
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Maynila Ballroom
The Manila Hotel
Manila, Philippines
6:00 pm |
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| Papal Blessing |
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| Inside San Agustin Church |
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San Agustin Church
Intramuros Manila
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While the mission trio projects fine folk aesthetics,
the last of the churches selected as baroque model is
a grande dame of metropolitan achievement for the late
16th century.
Built from 1586 to 1606 inside
Intramuros, the Walled City where the city of Manila began, San
Agustin Church is the oldest extant Christian
sanctuary in the Far East, and the Philippines' oldest
stone edifice. It marks the start of using permanent
materials in contrast to indigenous, lightweight
architectural media.
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A plain exterior hides a sanctuary that attempts to
bring heaven, in all its visual splendor, down to
earth. The nave is a marvel of 19th-centry handpainted
trompe-l'oeil. The magnificent retable is alive with
antique images tucked into gilded niches. Throughout
the sanctuary, in the convent and rooms converted into
museum displays, are rare works of art accumulated
from Asia and the Philippines over the centuries.
The groom's parents were wed here more than 30 years
ago. They have a lot more reminiscing to do.
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| San Agustin Church - Nov 2003 |
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| The couple with Bishop Soc Villegas - June 2004 |
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