San Sebastian Basilica - Manila

Gothic Architecture
Steel Designed Church
By Genaro Palacios
Interior Magazine

Sept. 2022

Chloe Ryme P. Corral

Architecture - ARC218
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John Bernard D. Alejo
 Spire Lancets Rose Windows

The building's spire, Lancet arches are a The spherical rose windows
an extended, slender type of pointed arch that is seen in Gothic
form, was its stunning in which the radius churches are made of stained
visual pinnacle. of each of the arcs, glass. The oculus, a little

or curves, is circular window found in
Steeples represented greater than the Roman construction, is where
heaven by pointing width of the arches. they got their start. Such
upward. Early church enormous windows were made
towers also represented possible during the Gothic
the ascent of era thanks to the development
churchgoers' prayers to of tracery - decorative
heaven. supporting masonry.

The term "clerestory"

described an upper level
of a Roman basilica or
the nave of a Romanesque
Clerestory Windows or Gothic church, where
the walls rise beyond
the rooflines of the
lower aisles and are
window-pierced.

An opening onto a
building's high core
space is called an
internal gallery. It is
located on an upper
level. It opens onto the
nave of a church from Gallery
above the side aisles; it
may be at the same level
as the clerestory windows
or at a different level
below the clerestory.

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 In architectural construction, a vault—
also known as a ribbed vault—is a
framework of arches or ribs on which
brickwork can be put to create a ceiling Vault
or roof.

The primary space in a church designed to

hold the majority of the congregation. It
Nave is rectangular and divided from the
chancel by a step or rail in classic
Western churches, as well as by pillars or
columns from the adjacent aisles.

In Gothic construction, the roofs of

the aisles are lower than those of
the nave, allowing light to enter Aisle
through clerestory windows.

An arch with a pointed crown and

two curving sides that come
Pointed Arch together at a rather sharp angle at
the top of the arch is known as a
pointed arch, ogival arch, or
Gothic arch.

These are the windows of a

first-floor Gothic church and
is made up of coloured Arcade Windows
stained glass.

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 What makes
the church
unique?
The Minor Basilica of San Sebastian,
often called San Sebastian Church or
San Sebastian Basilica and located in
Manila, the Philippines, is a minor
basilica of the Roman Catholic Church.
It serves as both the parish church and
the shrine for Our Lady of Mount
Carmel, or Nuestra Senora del Monte
Carmelo.
Interior Magazine

San Sebastian Church, which was

finished in 1891, is renowned for its
architecture. It is the only church
constructed of steel in the Philippines
and serves as an illustration of Gothic
Revival style. In 1973, it was named a
National Historical Landmark, and in
2011, it was named as a National
Cultural Treasure.

Under the spiritual leadership There are two openwork towers and steel
of the Pope and the Catholic vaulting in San Sebastian Church. The
Bishops' Conference of the basilica's nave rises from the ground
Philippines, the Catholic up to the dome at a height of 12 meters
Church in the Philippines, also (39 feet), and to the tips of the twin
known as the Filipino Catholic spires at a height of 32 meters (105
Church (Filipino: Simbahang feet).
Katoliko sa Pilipinas), is a
part of the worldwide Catholic
An image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
Church (CBCP).
presented to the church in 1617 by
Carmelite sisters from Mexico City, and
Along with East Timor, the
is exhibited above the main altar. The
Philippines is one of two Asian
image survived all of the earthquakes
countries with a substantial
and fires that had devastated earlier
Catholic population, and it has
the third-largest Catholic
renditions of San Sebastian Church.
population in the world, next
to Brazil and Mexico. The Finally, design your back page. Most
Catholic Bishops' Conference of magazines feature a full-page
the Philippines is the advertisement, which you're also
episcopal body in charge of welcome to do. Why not partner with a
governing the devotees. local business and feature.

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