Photo-engraving. Hispanidad. January, 1941. The moss-covered Guadalupe ruins in Rizal used to be a church-monastery complex of the Augustinians which Fray Antonio Herrera built in 1601. Earlier intended to serve as a recuperation house for the friars, it was built along the lines of Doric architecture. As a typical first-rate Augustinian edifice, the vast hewn-stone body was ably supported by flying lateral buttresses. An inner court was a special feature of the complex. The two-storey-colonnades had perfectly arched heads that seemed to run in rhythmic harmony. At the center of the court was a cistern which was filled with clan water. A crypt, partly above the ground, was located at the back of the apse and contained niches for 43 bodies. Lack of finances had cancelled all efforts to reconstruct the complex. In the 1930''s, the ruins were leased to a Manila resident who used them as a weekend resthouse. (also see CH01307)