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Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary |
With a few hours to spare before my flight back to Manila, I spent those hours wandering around Iloilo City proper. It is my first time here eventhough just in-trasitu, so it is a good idea to check out the place.
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Jesus Takes The Wheel |
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Beautiful Ceiling Art |
The Jaro subburb is located north of Iloilo proper. It is barely five minutes via jeepney ride from the downtown. It is home to a number of ancestral homes and impressive churches including the oldest church of Panay - The Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral. It was built in 1864 and was visited by Pope John Paul VI who conducted a mass in 1982.
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Artful Interiors |
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Domed Ceiling |
Its patron saint is The Lady of the Candles known also as Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria. The 400-year-old shrine of the Lady of the Candles is perched on a glass encased shrine carved out of the facade and can be seen face-to face via climbing the Cathedral's front steps.
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In Memoriam |
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Jaro Cathedral Belfry |
Across the Church is Jaro's Belfry Plaza dominated by the Belfry Tower, a lonely old figure standing high and handsome on the edge of the square. On the center is the statue of Rizal with its hand pointing to high heavens.
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Rizal in the Park |
Such a beautiful church, wonderful blue skies and a terrific capture, Oman! Enjoy your weekend!!
ReplyDeleteThis is one beautiful Church. Iloilo has lots of them specially the one in Miag-ao.
ReplyDeleteincredible church murals. a few hours is enough to visit a place; then you know if you want to repeat visiting it and exploring more places.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous church.
ReplyDeleteI have passed by this church several times but I wasn't able to enter. Tsk tsk. Next time, I will put this in mind.
ReplyDeleteThe facade looks nice but the interiors looks even nicer.
ReplyDeleteProud Ilongga here.
ReplyDeletealam mo, around this time nasa Iloilo rin ako for a 3-day business trip.
ReplyDelete#alaws-lang