Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Caloocan & Chinese Cemetery
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Bambang
BINONDO AND QUIAPO
LRT-1 Green Line
MRT-2 Purple Line
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0
400
metres
Tutuban
Mall
QUIAPO
D. José
Manila
City Jail
168
Shopping
Mall
Bataan
Transit
DIVISORIA
MARKET
DISTRICT
Philippine
Rabbit
Recto
Divisoria
Mall
Binondo
Church
EATING
Eng Bee Tin
Ho-Land Hopia
& Bakery
The Original Savory
President Grand
Palace Restaurant
Quick Snack
Salazar Bakery
Tasty Dumplings
PLAZA
SAN LORENZO
RUIZ
3
5
7
2
6
1
4
Santa Cruz
Church
Buses, Jeepways
& FX taxis to Makati,
Ermita and Malate
First United
Building
HSBC
BINONDO
Carriedo
PLAZA
MIRANDA
Citibank
Regina
Building
Quiapo
Church
Escolta
Museum
SHOPPING
168 Shopping Mall
Divisoria Market District
Ilalim ng Tulay
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2
3
T R
I
Ilalim
ng Tulay
Fort Santiago
Intramuros
and rates will depend on how hard you bargain. Fares for
short journeys should only cost P50, while a 30min tour of
the whole Binondo area (or Intramuros) should cost no
more than P350.
Binondo Church
Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz at the western end of Ongpin St • Daily 5am-6.30pm •
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02 242 4041 • LRT to Carriedo; Divisoria jeepneys take
you right past the church
The always-buzzing Minor Basilica of San Lorenzo Ruiz is more commonly known as
Binondo Church
. It stands on the spot where Dominican priests established their
church when they first came to Binondo in the late sixteenth century, though the
original building was destroyed by shelling in 1762 when the British invaded Manila
and the Chinese were expelled. The Dominicans left with the Chinese but returned in
1842 and completed the church you see today, a solid granite structure with an
octagonal bell tower and elaborate retablo (altarpiece), in 1854.
The church was badly damaged by bombing during World War II and new features
include the canopy at the entrance and the strikingly colourful murals on the ceilings.
Depicting the life of Christ and the Assumption of the Virgin, these murals were not
actually painted on the ceiling but were executed at ground level, then hoisted up.
The church is well known in the Philippines because it was where
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz
,
the Philippines' first saint, served as a sacristan. Of Filipino and Chinese parentage,
