Parish Church of San Sebastian of Sablayan | Lumang Simbahan ng Sablayan MarkerParish Church of San Sebastian of Sablayan | Lumang Simbahan ng Sablayan Marker is a Marked Structure, NHCP; Local Cultural Property - Historical Marker of the Municipality of Sablayan located at Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro; Oriental Mindoro, Region IV-B.
LUMANG SIMBAHAN
Located at the foot of “Bundok Bayan”, at Barangay Poblacion. The old church is a 16th century antiquated legacy of the Spanish missionaries, here lime or “apog” as used as cement for walling. Some of old folks believed that in the olden times, before the interior reconstruction of the church, there used to be underground dwellings for nuns and a tunnel at the back of the church that led to the lighthouse of the nearby mountain park.
The people also believe that the tunnel as used by the Japanese soldiers during the World War II. (Source: sablayan.net)
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Marker Text:
Lumang Simbahan ng Sablayan
Itinatag bilang parokya ng mga Rekoleto, 1843. Itinayo ang simbahan at kumbento na yari sa bato sa panahon ni Padre Jacinto Perez de San Agustin, 1861-1866. Napinsala ng tsunami, 1877. Ipinanumbalik sa ilalim ng panunungkulan ni Padre Simeon Mendaza V. De Ibernalo, 1877-1879. Kinumpuni matapos mapinsala noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig, 1954. Muling isinaayos ng Pambansang Komisyong Pangkasaysayan ng Pilipinas, 2017-2018.
Date Unveiled: July 12, 2018