The Basilica de San Martin de Tours

Celebrating the Holy week at Taal Basilica in Taal Batangas. My sister and I were fortunate to be invited by Australian aunt Olive, cousins Cenen and Boyet and their daughter Cielo in this wonderful place!

The Basilica de San Martin de Tours in Taal is the largest church in Asia, standing 96 meters long and 45 meters wide. The Augustinian Missionaries started construction in 1575, but it was destroyed when Taal volcano erupted in 1754.Today only the ruins of the walls of the original church is now left standing.It took a century for the church to achieve its present form. St. Martin of Tours is the patron of Taal, whose feast is celebrated every November 11. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_de_San_Martin_de_Tours_%28Taal%29)

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