Saint John the Baptist Parish Church

St. John the Baptist Parish Church, additionally called Liliw Church or Lilio Church, is one of the Roman Catholic church buildings in Liliw, Laguna, Philippines. Its feast is celebrated each August 29 referred to as the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist. The church is thought for its crimson bricked façade and baroque fashion structure. Liliw became mounted as a reduccion by using Franciscan monks Juan de Plasencia and Diego Oropesa in 1578. It became annexed as a visita of Nagcarlan till it became an impartial parish with Father Miguel de San Lucas as first parish priest in 1605 by means of the Franciscan missionaries.

The first church turned into constructed in wood in 1620. A more potent stone church turned into built from 1643 to 1646 and turned into partially destroyed all through the 1880 Luzon earthquake. It become reconstructed in 1885 and changed into in part burned in April 6, 1898. The most outstanding and excellent part of the church is the facade is product of hanging crimson bricks and adobe. On pinnacle of the wood door entrance is a white sculpted photograph of the Baptism of Jesus by using St. John the Baptist.