Sé Catedral / Cathedral

The Cathedral, designed by J. T. da Aquino, was built in 1844-50 and reconstructed in 1938. It occupies the site of an earlier church of 1622 which was destroyed by a typhoon in 1836.

The building is of basilican type, with two sturdy towers and large, heavy doorways. In a shrine above the chapel lie the relics of Japanese martyrs who died during the persecution of Christians in the early 17th century.