It was originally constructed in 1690 using
The books and other
wood, but between 1732 and 1767 it was
replaced with stone. Fr. John Cosio.
Fr. built the current structure between 1881
and 1898. Diaz, Jose In 1948, Monsignor
Marino and Arch repaired the church after it
had been destroyed in 1944. In the
Romanesque fashion, Jose L. Zaragoza Along
with the cathedral, the convent, which had
been erected in 1872 but had been destroyed
in 1944, was rebuilt.
The cathedral's straightforward, High
Renaissance and Romanesque façade closely
resembles the original one. It has an elaborate
Romanesque-style recessed main entrance
(like layers of lace) supported by six sets of
intricately decorated semicircular arched
windows, a triangular pediment with a
semicircular statued niche, and a balustrade
supporting statues of saints protruding over
stone bases from the pediment.
National Artist for Architecture Juan F.
Nakpil created the museum and library at the
Gat Apolinario Mabini Shrine in Tanauan. On
July 23, 1956, it was formally opened by the
First Lady Luz Banzon-Magsaysay and Vice
President Carlos P. Garcia.
The shrine is tucked away in Barangay
Talaga, Tanauan, Batangas, and honors the
location of Apolinario Mabini’s birth. In the
heart of a community, it has a library, a
museum, and his tomb.
Inside the museum are priceless historical
artifacts that were all a part of Mabini’s life.
The museum takes pride in its two-story
structure, which has eight roomy rooms and
full-sized windows. His study cabinet,
“tapayan” or water jar, glasses, cane,
wheelchair, and other mementos are kept and
displayed behind glass walls. A number of
Mabini paintings and pictures also adorn the
museum’s walls.
materials written by and about him were kept
in the Library, the other room.
The ancient city hall is now the Tanauan City
Museum. On January 14, 2004, under the
direction of Mayor Alfredo Corona, it was
converted into a museum. The diorama of the
entire city is the most fascinating aspect of the
museum. On March 10, 2001, Tanauan was
declared to be a city. The previous art deco
municipal hall in Tanauan was created by
Oscar Arellano and constructed throughout
Mayor Antonio Dimayuga’s administration
(1928-1937). In 1941, the building’s second
level served as a hospital. The Tanauan City
Museum moved in here in 2004.
The museum has artifacts from Tanauenos
who made significant contributions to the
city’s history and culture. The museum will
allow visitors to view history from vintage
kitchenware to historic documents and
photographs.
and beliefs.
This ancestral home, built in 1880, was repaired
by Jose P. Laurel’s son Mariano and daughter-in-
law Alicia and donated to the government on
March 9, 1964, to be used as a public library. It
also has artifacts belonging to Jose P. Laurel. The
two-story house has a wood upper level with
sliding capiz windows, wooden posts, and a floor
made of brightly polished wooden planks. The
ground floor is made of stone.