National Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila | Simbahan ng Santo Domingo MarkerNational Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila | Simbahan ng Santo Domingo Marker is a National Cultural Treasure, National Museum; Marked Structure, NHCP; Work of National Artist for Architecture Jose Maria V. Zaragoza; Registered Property, Quezon City located at Quezon City, Metro Manila, National Capital Region.
Zaragoza's Santo Domingo Church fused Romanesque (with the arched cloister on the left) and Gothic traditions on the right). Although built along the Latin-cross plan and capped by a semicircular apse, the Santo Domingo manifested Zaragoza's remarkable way to re-interpret traditions in tailoring to the tenor of the times.
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Marker Text:
Simbahan ng Santo Domingo
Dating kapilyang yari sa kahoy na ipinatayo ng mga unang misyonaryong Dominiko sa tulong ni Obispo Domingo de Salazar, O.P. sa Intramuros, Maynila, at pinasinayaan noong Enero 1, 1588; gumuho noong 1589. Ipinatayong yari sa bato, kasama ang kumbento ni Padre Alonso Jimenez, O.P., 1592, at idinambana ang milagrosong “Our Lady of the Rosary “ o “La Naval,” 1593. Nasunog, 1603, at muling ipinatayo, 1613; nasirang bahagya ng lindol, 1645, at pinaayos nang taon din iyon; muling nasira ng lindol, 1863, at ipinagawang may kamanga-manghang Neo-Gothic ni Arkitekto Felix Roxas, 1867; at huling nasira ng bombahin ng mga sundalong Hapones, 1941. Inilipat at ipinagawa sa pook na ito, inilagay ang unang bato, 1952; pinasinayaan ni Rufino J. Cardinal Santos, 1954; at ipinahayag na National Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary ng Philippine Hierarchy, 1954.
Year Unveiled: 1988