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elriz: Church of Morong. The town dates from 1578. A resident priest was assigned to it in 1586. A fire in 1612 destroyed the town and its first church. Shortly afterwards, the present church was constructed. Its frontispiece* and the belfry (bell tower) were built by Bartolome Palatino, of Paete, between 1850 and 1853. -Philippines Historical Committee, 1939 (the tablet on the wall outside the church) St. Jerome’s Church: Famous for its dramatic bell fry facade. Frequently photographed and described as baroque, the facade/bell tower is more properly described as neo-baroque because the baroque period ended in the Philippines before 1780. The central portion of the facade surges outward and the catenated balustrade above give the whole a dynamic felling. Various decorative elements, some Mexican in origin, give the facade a richness characteristic of Baroque. Four angels, representing the cardinal virtues, stand at the corners of the bell tower. Fr. Felix Huerta, writing in 1852, states that the facade had finials shaped as jars and shells used for illuminating it. * the combination of elements that frame and decorate the main, or front, door to a building# Via Stand Of Fish Zoom

elriz:

Church of Morong.

The town dates from 1578. A resident priest was assigned to it in 1586. A fire in 1612 destroyed the town and its first church. Shortly afterwards, the present church was constructed. Its frontispiece* and the belfry (bell tower) were built by Bartolome Palatino, of Paete, between 1850 and 1853. -Philippines Historical Committee, 1939 (the tablet on the wall outside the church)

St. Jerome’s Church: Famous for its dramatic bell fry facade.

Frequently photographed and described as baroque, the facade/bell tower is more properly described as neo-baroque because the baroque period ended in the Philippines before 1780. The central portion of the facade surges outward and the catenated balustrade above give the whole a dynamic felling. Various decorative elements, some Mexican in origin, give the facade a richness characteristic of Baroque. Four angels, representing the cardinal virtues, stand at the corners of the bell tower. Fr. Felix Huerta, writing in 1852, states that the facade had finials shaped as jars and shells used for illuminating it.

* the combination of elements that frame and decorate the main, or front, door to a building#


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    ANG GANDA. O_O I’ll take Lauren here someday.
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