Parish Church of San Juan Bautista (Poblacion Jimenez (Town Proper))

Philippines / Northern Mindanao / Jimenez / Poblacion Jimenez (Town Proper)
Jimenez, Misamis Occidental
100 year old church built during the Spanish era; one of the oldest church in Mindanao.

The church is the best-preserved church complex in the province, if not in Mindanao and was built during the second half of the 19th century by the Augustinian Recollects in a site originally inhabited by the Subanon. The interior is richly decorated with sculpture, painting and metal work. The ceiling has a painting on canvas done in 1898; underneath is an earlier painting on the original wooden panels. The retablo mayor is in good condition. Its limestone walls are covered with faux marble painting with matching Gothic arches. The upper walls are of tabique pampango, a local variant of the wattle and daub technique (panels of interwoven slats or branches, covered in lime). The original clockwork, as in Tayabas, is still intact.
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Coordinates:   8°20'4"N   123°50'21"E

Comments

  • asa ilang JEFFRY MONCADA DIRI?????
  • HELOO JEFF
  • diri amoa sa taraka jimenez near the vicinity of saint john babtist de la salle
  • kumusta ka diha annalyn. dalaga ka pa ba hantod karon?
  • yaya.. our church is so nice
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