TY - ADVS TI - Daraga Church KW - Catholic churches KW - Daraga, Albay KW - 1844 KW - 1906 KW - Albay KW - architecture KW - Baroque church KW - bicol region KW - campbell dauncey KW - church facades KW - church of our lady of the gate KW - Daraga KW - englishwoman in the philippines KW - luzon KW - Mayon Volcano KW - spanish architecture N1 - A photoengraving of the Church of Our Lady of the Gate, built atop a small hill at the foot of Mayon Volcano. The facade of this nineteenth-century baroque church is adorned by four solomonic columns twisting their way upward to the second storey. It is elaborately covered with symmetrically positioned alcoves and niches containing statues of saints. Even the side entrances are crowned with intricate stone carvings. (Source: Philippine Churches, NMPC Manila, 1980) YYY; With prints UR - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/CH/CH00012a.jpg UR - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/CH/CH00012a.jpg UR - http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=CH00012 ER -