Vigan Cathedral

Site common name	Vigan Cathedral
Type of artwork	Architecture
Village	-
Province/City	Vigan
State	Ilocos Sur
Country	Philippines
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 17.5748751 Long : 120.3886469

History of production	The Cathedra of Vigan is the most prominent church in the city. It was originally constructed by the Augustinians in 1644 and the latter one which survives nowadays was constructed in 1799.
Art	The façade of Vigan Cathedral is of Classic style, i.e. the pediment is supported by the Ionic columns in the upper register and Doric ones in the lower registers. The architectural details of the entablature between the registers are of classic style. In the main niche exists the statue of St Paul riding on the horse. The emblems of St Paul, the sword and the palm leaf symbolizing his martyrdom, are depicted in the façade. Despite of being strictly fixed on the classic pattern, some details of the façade indicate some Baroque and Chinese influences, such as the decorations of the trophies and the Chinese lion stone statues at the façade.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Early Spanish influence
Age	17th-19th century
Religion	Christianity
Sect	Catholic

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-02-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali