Parish Church of San Jose de Ivana | Simbahan ng Ivana MarkerParish Church of San Jose de Ivana | Simbahan ng Ivana Marker is a National Historical Landmark, NHCP located at Ivana, Batanes, Region II.
The church's façade was built alongside the shortening of its nave in 1854. When the population decreased in the 1840s due to the return of the Isabtang to Sabtang, the rear portion of the church was closed. Today, ruins of the abandoned portion of the church can still be seen. It also has a crenellated bell tower supported by unusual buttresses. Its convent, which is part of the church complex, has an unusual circular masonry work near the stairway.
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Marker Text:
Simbahan ng Ivana
Itinayo bilang kapilya, 1787. Ipinagawa ang simbahang bato ni P. Francisco de Paula Esteban, O.P., 1795; ang kampanaryo ni P. Jose Fausto de Cuevas, O.P., 1814–1817. Pinaliit ang simbahan matapos lumisan ang mga mamamayan ng Sabtang, 1844. Ipinaayos ang harapan ng simbahan ni P. Fabian Martin, O.P., 1866–1869. Itinaas ng mga Katipunero ang bandila ng Katipunan sa kampanaryo ng simbahan, 18 Setyembre 1898. Nasira ng lindol, 2000. Isinaayos ni P. Gumersindo Hernandez, O.P., 2001.
Year Unveiled: 2008