AS Catholicism spread with unprecedented rapidity to various parts of the country due to the zeal of Spanish missionaries, thousands of churches and shrines have been established in almost ubiquitous fashion within the archipelago to address the needs of the predominantly Catholic population. Understandably, for three centuries, religious architecture in the 16th to 19th centuries was predominantly of Spanish influence although with a Mexican strain, following the Laws of the Indies promulgated in 1573 by King Philip 2nd, containing policies for town planning and location of churches on elevated sites with the town plaza.
Façade and Chapel of La Castellana Conference Center, Bacolod, project
of SNG Design Enterprise
of SNG Design Enterprise