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The Acrobatic Belltower
This Bacarra Church belltower was known as the "bowling acrobatic tower o Southeast Asia". It was called acrobatic because initially, the belltower tilted during an earthquake in 1931, but never fell. In 1989, an earthquake shook Bacarra once more and the tilted topmost portion finally collapsed. The bells are still used up to this day, a rope(visible in the image), is tied to the bell above.
This church is in Bacarra, an old town which was established by the Augustinian mission in 1591. Bacarra Church, was constructed together with the tower and convent by the Spanish Augustinian Friars in 1593, and inaugurated in 1782. It was destroyed by an ntensity 7.8 eathquake on August 1983, was reconstructed and inaugurated a year later.
Bacarra Church
Bacarra, Ilocos Norte
Philippines
The Acrobatic Belltower
This Bacarra Church belltower was known as the "bowling acrobatic tower o Southeast Asia". It was called acrobatic because initially, the belltower tilted during an earthquake in 1931, but never fell. In 1989, an earthquake shook Bacarra once more and the tilted topmost portion finally collapsed. The bells are still used up to this day, a rope(visible in the image), is tied to the bell above.
This church is in Bacarra, an old town which was established by the Augustinian mission in 1591. Bacarra Church, was constructed together with the tower and convent by the Spanish Augustinian Friars in 1593, and inaugurated in 1782. It was destroyed by an ntensity 7.8 eathquake on August 1983, was reconstructed and inaugurated a year later.
Bacarra Church
Bacarra, Ilocos Norte
Philippines