SUBSCRIBELa Union, 3 - Bangar
…continued from La Union, 2 - Bacnotan
Not to be missed while one is driving along the highway is the church of Bangar. At first glance the structure and form of the facade reminds me of Bicol churches like the one in Tiwi, Albay and Lagonoy, Camarines Sur. What differs this from the two, however, is that instead of two finials, a decorative element, jutting out from the flanks of the pediment, the upper part of the facade, in the two Bicol churches, the one in Bangar are two smaller bellfries that goes no higher than the top and center belfry.
The convent at the left side of the church (when one is facing the facade) is the second one which was completed in 1873 as a marker indicates atop a stone beam seen when one enters it. The first one was damaged during an earthquake in 1855. Unlike other convents or those of colonial houses in typical old towns like Vigan, San Miguel (Bulacan), and in other parts of the country where ancestral houses can be seen, the second floor is wider than its base, jutting out.
To be continued…
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