204-year-old church in Ilocos Norte closes

PIDDIG, Ilocos Norte: The 204-year-old St. Anne Parish in this heritage town held its final mass on Sunday after engineering experts from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts declared the old building “unfit” for human occupancy.

For community residents, the solemn and sad closing of the church will remain a part of history as the building holds a lot of memories from birth to grave of every Roman Catholic faithful.