The Sto. Niño Church

I've been asked to post the Sto. Niño Church, so today being Sunday, I thought I'd do my Catholic part and post the church today. This is the only good one I have while I was trying to take a photo of the bell tower. This church houses the original Sto. Niño image which got drowned along with the boat carrying it from Manila, got lost, and was found being idolized by pagan natives in Mindoro where it had been washed ashore. It was returned to Tacloban and this is mostly why the Sto. Niño Church is popular among Catholics. People here are believers of the miraculous Sto. Niño. If you want photos of the interior, you can find them in this blog. To know more about the history of the Sto. Niño image, click to read this article.

The Sto. Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum

The Sto. Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum stands on what used to be the Romualdez Nipa Hut. Designed by Jorge Ramos, the Sto. Niño Shrine has a 100-seater chapel and 13 guestrooms on the first floor, and 7 bedrooms (each for the Marcos family member) and a 30-seater dining conference room and ballroom on the second floor. It houses original paintings of famous Filipino painters like Manalad, Malang and Amorsolo. Behind the building is an olympic-size swimming pool. All of these of course do not have proper maintenance since it was sequestered from the Marcos family, so the building has lost its opulence. Tourists can tour inside for a fee. If you want to read my review of the place, click here. (Photo by JT)


Sto. Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum
Real St., Tacloban City
Tel no: (053) 321-9775