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Interior: Vigan Cathedral

Keywords : Roman Catholic, Cathedral

Site common nameVigan Cathedral
Type of artworkArchitecture
Province/CityVigan
StateIlocos Sur
CountryPhilippines
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 17.574722
Long : 120.388611

History of productionVigan Cathedral is the most outstanding church in Vigan city. The church was found by Augustine pastors. It was first built in 1644. The current building was built in 1799.
ArtThe interior of Vigan Cathedral shows the clearer separation of nave and aisle than other churches in the same area. The connecting arc posts are used to separate the two. In addition, the ceiling of nave is obviously higher than the one of aisle and that is why the window is made on the side of nave which makes it similar to European art but different than other churches in the area. The ceiling of the church is decorated by using ribs to link between each bay. This character reminds of the roof’s construction in vault style of churches in Gothic art. At the end of nave and aisle appears the altar. The interior is each bay appears small altars that act as chapel.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodEarly Spanish influence
Age17th – 19th centuries
ReligionChristianity
SectCatholic

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali