Quiapo, Manila
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Quiapo is a district of the city of Manila, in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Known as the “Old Downtown of Manila", the district’s most famous landmark is Quiapo Church, a minor basi
Drone shot of Quiapo with Quiapo Church
Parade of Soldiers at Calle San Sebastian (now Hidalgo Street), Manila. Known for its Colonnaded Bahay na bato that lined its street.
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Quiapo Church
The Minor Basilica and Parish of Saint Sebastian, also known as the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Saint Sebastian and commonly known as San Sebastian Church or San Sebastian Basilica, is a min
Quiapo, Manila
…Santiago de Vera on August 29, 1586. In 1622, Augustinians arrived and founded a chapel in honor of St. Sebastian at the present-day site of the San Sebastian Basilica. By 1850, then a small agricultural village, population of Quiapo grew as a result of a developing economy in the wake of the Manila galleon trade's…
Main façade in 2023
San Sebastian Basilica under construction in 1890
Phase 1 of restoration works, February 2024
The Finding in the Temple stained glass window manufactured in Germany by the Heinrich Oidtmann Company