The Santa Maria Church in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur or the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is one of the four Baroque Churches in the Philippines inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993 together with the San Agustin Church in Manila, San Agustin Church in Paoay, Ilocos Norte and Sto Tomas de Villanueva Church in Miag-ao, Iloilo. This 400 year old church is built on top of a hill at the town of Santa Maria and made of bricks and mortar. The Santa Maria church has become an attraction to both tourist and Catholics in Ilocos Sur.
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