Culture & Heritage

Santo Niño de Cebu Basilica

Address: Osmeña Blvd, Cebu City, Philippines
Telephone: +63 32 255-6697
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This is a 16th century church structure in the heart of downtown cebu. It is built in the exact spot where the image of Sto. Niño ( the black holy child Jesus sculpture) was found by the spanish conquistador in 1565 preserved in a brown wooden box which was left behind by the Portugese and Spanish explorers in 1521. The church of Santo Nino de cebu was first founded by the Augustinian Priest Andres de Urdanetta on April 28, 1565. The first church structure was built out of earth, hardwood and nipa in 1566.

 
 
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