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(DSC01022) The Church and Monatery of Guadalupe - The foundations of this Church and Monanstery of the Agustinian Order were laid in 1601 and construction work was finished in 1629. Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe was chosen Titular Patroness in 1803. After the Chinese uprising in 1839 this sanctuary served as a seat of devotion for the Chinese. The buildings withstood the earthquakes of 1645, 1658, 1754 and 1863; the masonry roof of the church collapsed in the earthquakes of 1880 and the structure was rebuilt in 1882 by Rev. Jose Corujedo, O.S.A. Site of an orphan asylum and trade school administered by the Agustinian Order for the benefit of the children of the victims of the cholera of 1882. Both church and monastery were gutted by fire in February 1898 during the early skirmishes between Americans and Filipinos.

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