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Landmark· Bohol (Baclayon)· Philippines

Baclayon Church

9° 37.3′ N · 123° 54.7′ E

One of the oldest stone churches in the Philippines: the coral-stone church of Baclayon, finished in 1727 in the oldest Christian settlement on Bohol (founded by Jesuits in 1596). It is a National Cultural Treasure and was rebuilt in 2014-2018 after the 2013 earthquake.

Practical

Position from OpenStreetMap (Nominatim); Wikidata gives 9.62271N 123.91225E. Church free; the museum charged about PHP 25, open 8am-noon and 1-5pm (Wikivoyage, undated; verify locally). Baclayon's Spanish-era market hall holds a market every Wednesday, and more than 67 ancestral houses line the main road. The Baclayon lighthouse is at 9.6208N 123.9128E (OSM). Baclayon is the jump-off for Pamilacan boats.

Best for

Heritage stop on the way to Loboc or Pamilacan

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