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Earthquake Baroque or Seismic Baroque is a style of 
"Antigue Guatemala-- Monumental City of the Americas"
Rutahsa Adventures. Retrieved on 2011-07-06. Towers are thicker in the lower levels, progressively narrowing to the topmost level.
Discovering Philippines. Retrieved on 2011-07-06. In some churches of the Philippines, aside from functioning as watchtowers against pirates, some bell towers are detached from the main church building to avoid damage in case of a falling bell tower due to an earthquake.
File:San Agustin Church (Intramuros, Manila; 07-22-2020).jpg,
"Earthquake Baroque: Paoay Church in the Ilocos"
from the Heritage Conservation Society
an Earthquake Baroque church in Guatemala
{{Spanish Empire Baroque architectural styles * Baroque architecture in the Philippines Earthquake engineering
Earthquake Baroque or Seismic Baroque is a style of Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means t ...
found in the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
and Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
, which suffered destructive earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...
s during the 17th century and 18th century, where large public buildings, such as churches, were rebuilt in a Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
style during the Spanish Colonial periods in those countries.
Similar events led to the Pombaline architecture in Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. In combination with ...
and Sicilian Baroque
Sicilian Baroque is the distinctive form of Baroque architecture which evolved on the island of Sicily, off the southern coast of Italy, in the , when it was part of the Spanish Empire. The style is recognisable not only by its typical Baroque c ...
in Sicily
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following the 1693 earthquake
The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on January 11 at around 21:00 local time. This earthquake was preceded by a damaging foreshock on January 9. The main quake had an estimated magnitude of 7. ...
.
Characteristics
In the Philippines, destruction of earlier churches from frequent earthquakes have made the church proportion lower and wider; side walls were made thicker and heavilybuttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (s ...
ed for stability during shaking. The upper structures were made with lighter materials. Instead of lighter materials thinner walls were introduced by progressively decreasing in thickness to the topmost levels.
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...
s are usually lower and stouter compared to towers in less seismically active regions of the world.Finch, Ric"Antigue Guatemala-- Monumental City of the Americas"
Rutahsa Adventures. Retrieved on 2011-07-06. Towers are thicker in the lower levels, progressively narrowing to the topmost level.
Discovering Philippines. Retrieved on 2011-07-06. In some churches of the Philippines, aside from functioning as watchtowers against pirates, some bell towers are detached from the main church building to avoid damage in case of a falling bell tower due to an earthquake.
San Agustin Church (Manila)
San Agustin Church ( fil, Simbahan ng San Agustin, es, Iglesia de San Agustín), also known as the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture ( es, link=no, Santuario Arquidiocesano de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación y Correa ...
File:Saint Jerome Parish Church (Morong, Rizal; 08-14-2021).jpg, Morong Church
File:Paoay.JPG, Paoay Church
Paoay, officially the Municipality of Paoay ( ilo, Ili ti Paoay; fil, Bayan ng Paoay), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,001 people.
The town is hom ...
File:Miagao Church (Santo Tomás de Villanueva Parish Church).jpg, Miagao Church
The Miagao Church also known as the Santo Tomás de Villanueva Parish Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines. The church was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on December 11, 1993, together with San Agus ...
File:Loboc river - panoramio (1).jpg, Loboc Church
The San Pedro Apostol Parish Church (also ''Saint Peter the Apostle Parish Church'', Spanish: ''Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol''), commonly known as Loboc Church, is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Loboc, Bohol, Philippin ...
File:Our Lady of Light Church Loon Bohol 2021.jpg, Loon Church
File:Roman Catholic church, Loay, Bohol, Philippines.JPG, Loay, Church
File:Anini-y Church, 2018.jpg, Anini-y Church, Antique
An antique ( la, antiquus; 'old', 'ancient') is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old (or some other limit), although the term is often used loosely ...
File:Sta. Maria Church, Ilocos Sur.jpg, Santa Maria Church (Ilocos Sur)
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption ''(Nuestra Señora de la Asunción)'', commonly known as the Santa Maria Church is the parish church of Santa Maria in Ilocos Sur province, Philippines. The church was designated as a UNESCO World Herita ...
File:Church of Panay (Santa Monica Parish Church, Panay).jpg, Panay Church
File:Malate Church (MH Del Pilar, Malate, Manila; 01-01-2020).jpg, Malate Church
The Our Lady of Remedies Parish, also known as Malate Church ( es, Iglesia Parroquial de Malate), is a parish church in the district of Malate in the city of Manila, Philippines. This Mexican Baroque-style church is overlooking Plaza Rajah Sulay ...
See also
Church architecture
Church architecture refers to the architecture of buildings of churches, convents, seminaries etc. It has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion, partly by innovation and partly by borrowing other architectural styles as ...
* Spanish Colonial architecture
** Baroque Churches of the Philippines
The Baroque Churches of the Philippines are a collection of four Spanish Colonial-era baroque churches in the Philippines, which were included in UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1993. The churches are also considered as national cultural treas ...
** List of ruined churches in the Philippines The Philippines possesses dozens of ruined church sites dating to the History of the Philippines (1565–1898), Spanish colonial period.
List
See also
* Architecture of the Philippines
** Baroque Churches of the Philippines
** Spanish colonia ...
** Churrigueresque
Churrigueresque (; Spanish: ''Churrigueresco''), also but less commonly "Ultra Baroque", refers to a Spanish Baroque style of elaborate sculptural architectural ornament which emerged as a manner of stucco decoration in Spain in the late 17th c ...
** Plateresque
Plateresque, meaning "in the manner of a silversmith" (''plata'' being silver in Spanish), was an artistic movement, especially architectural, developed in Spain and its territories, which appeared between the late Gothic and early Renaissance in ...
References
External links
"Earthquake Baroque: Paoay Church in the Ilocos"
from the Heritage Conservation Society
an Earthquake Baroque church in Guatemala
{{Spanish Empire Baroque architectural styles * Baroque architecture in the Philippines Earthquake engineering