Location: Intramuros, Manila
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Building
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: Undated
Marker text:
CHURCH OF RECOLETOS
THE FIRST CHURCH ERECTED IN 1608 BY THE RECOLETOS FATHERS THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF BERNARDINO DEL CASTILLO MALDONADO WAS PARTIALLY RUINED IN THE EARTHQUAKE OF NOVEMBER 30, 1645, AND TOTALLY DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF AUGUST 20, 1658. A NEWLY BUILT CHURCH COLLAPSED IN 1722. THE PRESENT CHURCH DATES FROM 1780.
