Sunday, March 11, 2012

A Batangas day trip Part 2: A peek at Taal Basilica:Asia's Biggest Catholic Church

Taal Basilica: Asia's Biggest Catholic Church
by: anakngkidlat

After conquering Mt. Talamitam, we had to take a jeepney ride to Taal, Batangas specifically the Taal Basilica. It was late in the afternoon when we departed from Sitio Bayabasan and the trip took 2 hours or so. The Church which is also known as Basilica de San Martin de Tours stands 96 meters long and 45 meters wide. it was so hard to take a picture of the basilica that I had to step back too far.


Taal Basilica
We had limited time to check the church and the surrounding houses that seem to have resemblance to Vigan.

Most of the houses have a old feel to it



Some of the features seen in and out of the church

It was getting dark so we had to call it a day. If we would be given a chance, we might return there.


The Philippines is truly blessed with such great works of architecture. A testament to human creativity for future generations to learn and admire.


Special thanks to Brian (http://xplorerboyz.blogspot.com/) for some of the pictures in this blogpost.

7 comments:

  1. nice! this is one of my favorite places to visit.. na-miss ko tuloy ang Taal... :)

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  2. isa to sa mga magandang simbahan sa pilipinas. ang maganda sa taal kasi inalagaan nila to kasama ang mga heritage house na nakapaligid.

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  3. ayus pre...buti kapa nagawa mo na un mga post natoh..sakin until now nasa draft post pa...
    kelan ba tayo balik dito..tapos diretso nalang tayo beacheenering after....^_^

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  5. @mervs hapon npo kami nakapunta ng Taal kaya nde po nmin nalibot ng husto. bka po bumalik kmi nde ko lng po alam kung kelan.

    @dong tama po kau sir. nde nga po ako makapaniwala nung sinabi po ni bri n sobrang laki ng simbahan nto.

    @bri ipost na kasi! wahahaha. onga noh kelan kaya tau mkkpag beachineering? =)

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  6. blog hopping, welcome sa blogosphere, and hopefully makasama rin ako sa mga byahe nyo hehe, fellow chasers!

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  7. Ang ganda naman ng church na to. Sana ma visit ko din sya soon. Thanks for sharing! :)

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