Paoay Church, formally the Saint Augustine Church, is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Paoay, Ilocos Norte. It is one of the most famous old churches in the Philippines, known for its massive buttresses of coral stone and brick and for its separate bell tower.
Built in the Spanish colonial era, the church is a prime example of what is often called Earthquake Baroque architecture, with thick walls and oversized buttresses suited to a land of earthquakes. Together with three other Philippine churches, it is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Baroque Churches of the Philippines.
The photographs in this post are from a 2010 trip to Ilocos Norte. They show the church and its grounds as they looked during that visit to Paoay.
Saint Augustine Church
For another Ilocos Norte landmark, see our post on the Bangui Windmills, the wind turbines standing along the shore of Bangui Bay.