Location: Nabua, Camarines Sur (Region V)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II: Historical marker
Marker date: 1939
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
CHURCH OF NABUA
THIS TOWN DATES FROM 1578. BUILT IN 1578. THE FIRST CHURCH WAS BURNED IN 1610. THE SECOND CHURCH, CONSTRUCTED IN 1611 WAS DESTROYED BY A TYPHOON. THE THIRD CHURCH WAS ERECTED BETWEEN 1630 AND 1656. THE PRESENT CHURCH, COMPLETED IN 1700, WAS UNROOFED BY A TYPHOON IN 1875, BUT REPAIRED IN 1878. THE BELFRY WAS DAMAGED BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1850 BUT REPAIRED BETWEEN 1890 AND 1894.
