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Basilica Minore Del Santo Nino<br> Sightseeing in Cebu picture - The former San Agustin Church, the country's oldest, was designated a basilica, the only one in the Far East, in 1965. It contains the image of the Holy Infant given by Magelan to Rajah's wife in 1521 and recovered unscathed from the charred ruins of the settlement by Legazpi's party in 1565. A wooden church built near the discovery site was burned in 1568, as did its stone replacement in 1628.
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The former San Agustin Church, the country's oldest, was designated a basilica, the only one in the Far East, in 1965. It contains the image of the Holy Infant given by Magelan to Rajah's wife in 1521 and recovered unscathed from the charred ruins of the settlement by Legazpi's party in 1565. A wooden church built near the discovery site was burned in 1568, as did its stone replacement in 1628.
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