Catarman Church ruins
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Visual materialSubject(s): 1970 | Catholic churches | Catarman, Camiguin | 1970 | amrt | camiguin | jesuit missions | mindanao | recollect churchesOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website With printsGeneral Note(s): Walls some 5 to 6 feet thick are all that remain after the eruption. Built by the Recollect friars in the early 1600s, the church and its adjoining convent were constructed of limestone. Before the eruption, Catarman used to be a populous town. Da-an volcano exploded on May 1, 1871. The old town, renamed Bonbon or “sandy place", has been abandoned and the poblacion transferred to the sitio formerly called Guiob, some 300 meters from the town of Old Catarman. (also see CH00835)Image type: Reproduction: PhotographMedia format: With prints
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Churches and Church Art | CH00837 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | CH00837 |
Walls some 5 to 6 feet thick are all that remain after the eruption. Built by the Recollect friars in the early 1600s, the church and its adjoining convent were constructed of limestone. Before the eruption, Catarman used to be a populous town. Da-an volcano exploded on May 1, 1871. The old town, renamed Bonbon or “sandy place", has been abandoned and the poblacion transferred to the sitio formerly called Guiob, some 300 meters from the town of Old Catarman. (also see CH00835)
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