| | |comprises the Provinces of the Ilocos, of
| | |Cagayan, and the Cordillera Central. All
| | |the historians of the Archipelago mention
| | |this cataclysm which occurred shortly
| | |after the almost simultaneous eruptions of
| | |Sanguir and Jolo.
| | |
12 |1645 XI 30 20 -- | X |The most terrible earthquake recorded in
| | |the annals of the Archipelago. It might
| | |almost be said that from Manila to Cagayan
| | |and Ilocos Norte it left no stone upon the
| | |other. In the capital, where during the
| | |preceding fifty years a great number of
| | |stone buildings had been erected,
| | |magnificent churches, palaces, and public
| | |buildings, as well as private residences
| | |and villas, the destruction was frightful.
| | |Ten churches were wrecked entirely, to
| | |wit: the Royal Chapel, Cathedral, Santo
| | |Domingo, those of the Recollects and
| | |Franciscans, Santiago, San Antonio,
| | |Nuestra Señora de Guia, and the parish
| | |churches of Binondo and San Miguel; only
| | |San Agustin and the Jesuit Church remained
| | |standing. Twelve monasteries, colleges,
| | |and hospitals were likewise converted into
| | |ruins. No better fared the palace of the
| | |Governor-General, the Real Audiencia and
| | |up to 150 of the finest residences which,
| | |as one author puts it, "in other cities