Lost Beauty: Before and After Bohol-Cebu Earthquake

Rappler: MANILA, Philippines - Some of the oldest churches in the Philippines fell to the force of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Bohol, Cebu and other parts of the Visayas and Mindanao on Tuesday morning, October 15. 

"We call on the Philippine government to allot funds for the proper reconstruction and restoration of these heritage churches which are priceless Philippine cultural treasures. We also ask government cultural agencies, particularly the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, National Historical Commission of the Philippines and National Museum, to take the lead in restoration efforts and move as one," the group said.

They said the destruction should convince the national government to fund "periodic maintenance and preventive measures, such as retrofitting of our built heritage, to protect them from incidents of this magnitude in the future." -from source

300-year-old Church of San Pedro Apostol, Loboc, Bohol

Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Baclayon, Bohol 
the second oldest stone church in the Philippines

Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Loay, Bohol, 
locally referred to as Santissima Trinidad Parish

Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Dauis, Bohol

Church of Our Lady of Light, Loon, Bohol

Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, Cebu

Will they ever look and feel the same again?
 

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