They will always be part of our country,
the silent witnesses of our history.
The people’s
stories unfold before their cracks and bricks.
They never
changed in time. But, Mother Nature has its own way to lay them to rest,
a
painful burial of the old century.
As they turn
to powder dust and mere cracked blocks, they are revived in our memories
— standing tall
and firm, whole again.
In 1717, when Baclayon has officially become a parish, the
idea of constructing a new church was materialized with the help of some 200
forced native laborers. Together, they gather coral stones from the sea and cut
them into square blocks and pile them up to form the church walls. The workers
used bamboo to lift up the blocks and put them into position, as well as the
millions of egg whites to glue these big pieces together. Clearly, the
ingenuity of man in the early times brings astonishment to visitors who come to
know the history of this church. – Bohol Tourism
Cebu City Metropolitan Cathedral, circa 1800
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