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Quezon City is the largest city in Metro Manila, and its churches reflect that scale. From a Dominican shrine that has been rebuilt six times since 1587, to a circular UP campus chapel that five National Artists helped create, to a shrine built in thanksgiving for the peaceful revolution that changed the country in 1986,…

If there is one city in Metro Manila where Visita Iglesia feels most complete, it is Manila. The city holds some of the oldest, most historically significant, and most architecturally remarkable beautiful churches in Manila, from a UNESCO World Heritage Site inside Intramuros to a basilica built entirely of steel. Some of these churches have…

Valenzuela sits at the northern edge of Metro Manila, bordering Bulacan, and its churches reflect that boundary between the old and the new. The city has a founding parish that goes back to 1632, a national shrine that played a role in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, and several community churches built through the…

Taguig is a city of contrasts. It holds Bonifacio Global City, one of the most modern commercial districts in the country, and right beside it, churches that go back to the 16th century. During Holy Week, that contrast disappears. The city slows down, the parishes fill up, and the beautiful churches in Taguig become the…

San Juan is one of the smallest cities in Metro Manila, but it holds more church history than its size suggests. The city takes its name from Saint John the Baptist, and the landscape around it, once described as “San Juan del Monte” or Saint John of the Mountain, shaped the character of the parishes…