A Tourist Guide to Notable Philippine Churches

General Information
ID No.: 

LIT069

Subject Covered: 

Philippine Churches; Philippine Architecture

Areas Covered: 

Philippines

Period Covered: 

17th to 20th century

Medium: 
Book
Bibliographic Details
Author: 

Layug, Benjamin Locsin

Year Published: 
2007
Book Title: 

A Tourist Guide to Notable Philippine Churches

Publisher: 

Quezon City/ New Day Publishers

Page Total: 
227
Illustration Total: 

126 photos

ISBN: 

971-10-1168-0

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Evaluation
Comments: 

The book is very informative and serves its purpose as a guide book. It is easy to ready, and offers many pictures and a glossary of terms.

Summary
Summary: 

The book covers a wide range of churches in the Philippines, from the northernmost portion of the Philippines to its southernmost. It tackles 300 churches through 13 regions. For each church, it provides the location, the style and details, and construction history such as the builders, year of construction, destruction, restoration, and the like. Most churches are provided with pictures of their facades. Spread throughout the book are small boxes containing snippets of information regarding a statue or a specifically unique feature of the church.

A glossary of architectural terms is also provided at the end of the book