Cathedral Baguio Photo: Cathedral Baguio

Cathedral Baguio, also known as the Cathedral of the blessed virgin Mary's Redemption, is a Catholic Cathedral located at Cathedral Ring just off road Session road. The Cathedral is known for its delicate pink color of the facade, spires twins and traditional stained glass Windows, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions of Baguio city. During the occupation of the city by the Japanese in World war II, the Cathedral served as an evacuation center.

The place where today stands the Cathedral, people from the tribe ibaloi called "Campo". In 1907 the Belgian missionaries founded the Catholic mission and renamed the countryside at mount Mary. The construction of the Cathedral began in 1920 under the leadership of the parish priest brother Florimon Carl. In 1936, the Cathedral was completed in the same year was consecrated in honor of the blessed virgin Mary's Redemption.

During the Second World war, the Cathedral housed the evacuation center. Only by a miracle the Church building survived the "carpet" bombing of Baguio city in 1945. The remains of thousands of victims of that war were buried in the Cathedral.

A distinctive feature of the Cathedral Baguio are its pink facade with round Windows-sockets and square bell towers-twins with tented roofs. In the large courtyard there is an observation deck, which overlooks the highway, Session road and downtown. To get inside the Cathedral, climbing the stone staircase with one hundred steps.

In 2006 in the Cathedral restoration work was carried out, during which a Church building was erected a new area, and inside – a new altar for all those wishing to place a candle.

Interestingly, the Cathedral Baguio is perhaps the only temple in the world that has his own shop "Porta Vaga".

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