Santa Catalina de Alejandria Church, Porac
Porac's Baroque parish church from 1872, damaged in the war and restored in the 1980s, its belfry shortened by the 2019 earthquake.
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Overview
Porac Church, dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, is a Baroque church dating from 1872 on Ortigas Street, near the old town hall. It was damaged in the Second World War and restored in the 1980s. The 2019 earthquake knocked its four-storey belfry down to three storeys.
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