Architecture

Basco Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, commonly known as Santo Domingo de Guzman Parish Church and Basco Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral church located in Basco, Northern Batan Island, Batanes, Philippines. It is the episcopal seat to the Territorial Prelature of Batanes. Because Batanes was named Provincia de la Concepcion in religious records at the time of its establishment, the first church was dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of Batanes Prelature. It is speculated that the image of the Immaculate Conception was brought to Batanes during the 1783 expedition. As a parish church, it bears the name Santo Domingo Church, in honor of Saint Dominic de Guzman, the patron saint of the capital of Batanes, which is Basco, while it was dedicated to the Immaculate Conception as a cathedral.

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• ▸Cathedral of St. Theresa of Avila, Subotica
• ▸Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
• ▸Architecture of Toronto

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