Storm Crypt
Taal Basilica
This is the Taal Basilica. Taal(province of Batangas) is one of the premiere towns in southern Luzon in the early years of the Spanish deceit, oppression and occupation. It was first built late in the 1500s in another place called San Nicolas. Taal Volcano erupted violently in the middle of the 1700s, destroying the church. Perhaps some of the oppressive Spanish friars, the bastards, who virtually subjected people in the name of Christianity was burned by the volcanic eruption also. With Filipino forced labor, the present church was rebuilt in 1755, and was destroyed again by an earthquake in 1849. It was then reconstructed in its present place in 1856 -- using forced labor again.
Architecturally, the church is primarily of Baroque design, and with its size, it was once regarded as the biggest church in the whole of East Asia. This place is currently included in the list of protected heritage sites.
Taal Basilica
This is the Taal Basilica. Taal(province of Batangas) is one of the premiere towns in southern Luzon in the early years of the Spanish deceit, oppression and occupation. It was first built late in the 1500s in another place called San Nicolas. Taal Volcano erupted violently in the middle of the 1700s, destroying the church. Perhaps some of the oppressive Spanish friars, the bastards, who virtually subjected people in the name of Christianity was burned by the volcanic eruption also. With Filipino forced labor, the present church was rebuilt in 1755, and was destroyed again by an earthquake in 1849. It was then reconstructed in its present place in 1856 -- using forced labor again.
Architecturally, the church is primarily of Baroque design, and with its size, it was once regarded as the biggest church in the whole of East Asia. This place is currently included in the list of protected heritage sites.