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Taal asilica

Basilica de San Martin de Tours


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First Taal Church

Builders: Augustinians

1stChurch:Father Diego de Espinar (1575)-makeshift church dedicatedto St. Martin of Tours, Bishop-but destroyed by the eruption

of Taal Volcano 1754

2nd: built in 1756 by Fr. Martin Aguirre (made

of reef stone) andcontinued by other priests

Taal volcano erupted againwhich caused damages tothe church and theconvent (1852)


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Martin de Tours

Built on top of the hill

Dubbed as the largestchurch in Asia(standing 88.6 m long and45 m wide)

It was built in 1856 by Fr.Marcos Anton

Arch. Luciano Olivercommissioned to design and manage

the construction of the church

Fr. Agapito Aparicio

completed the church in 1878 aadding the main altar of Doric style aResponsible for the baptistery made

with tiles from Europe


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Martin de Tours

It was declared a NationalShrine on January 16, 1974.

A massive restoration (2011)by Msgr. AlfredoMadlangbayan

(sections the church interiorwas restored to its originaltrompe l'oeil ceilings, the towerwas restored with a new set of

carillon bells)

The restoration wascompleted in Novemberof 2011.


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Martin de Tours

A small tower on the leftside of the facadecontained the large churchbell

(destroyed by an earthquake in 1942.It was reconstructed later, but its

appearance did not match thechurch)

The church was thenrestored in 1953 inpreparation for theCanonical Coronation ofthe Our Lady of Cays say

The domes of the churchas restored in 1990 underthe supervision of theNational HistoricalInstitute.


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Martin de Tours

Character:

Neoclassical

Features:

The faade resembles St.Peters Basilica in Rome,with its Ionic columns.

The faade is also with thepalladian motif in the LateRenaissance in character

Ionic columns on the firstlevel and acanthus columnsto the 1nd level.


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Martin de Tours

Features:

Dominated bysemicircular archedopening

Along its axis lies asegmented pedimentabove while the

triangular pediments

lie along the sides


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Martin de Tours

Features:

Bell-largest bell in thecountry (5.8 m incircumference at the lip,2.84 m around the crownand 1.96 m in height)

The seal

5 doors


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Martin de Tours

CeilingThe style is trompe loeil or

trick of the eye which gives a

3-dimensional effect for theceilings painted by Giovanni

Dibella


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Martin de Tours

Features:

Chandeliers

Altar


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