Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church
E818494
Baroque church
Roman Catholic church
UNESCO World Heritage Site
cultural property of the Philippines
fortress church
Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church, more widely known as Miagao Church, is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines, famed for its unique fortress-like Baroque architecture and richly carved façade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9733002 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church Context triple: [Miagao Church, alsoKnownAs, Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church]
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A.
Santos Juanes Church
Santos Juanes Church is a historic Baroque Catholic church in Valencia, Spain, noted for its ornate façade and richly decorated interior.
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B.
San Ildefonso Church
San Ildefonso Church is a historic Roman Catholic church known for its colonial-era architecture and religious significance in the town of San Ildefonso.
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C.
Binondo Church
Binondo Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Manila, Philippines, known as one of the oldest places of Christian worship in the country and a center of the Chinese-Filipino Catholic community.
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D.
San Miguel Church
San Miguel Church is a historic Catholic church in the Bolivian city of Oruro, known for its colonial-era architecture and religious significance.
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E.
San Ignacio de Loyola Church
San Ignacio de Loyola Church is a historic Jesuit church in Buenos Aires, Argentina, known as one of the city’s oldest and most architecturally significant colonial-era religious buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church Target entity description: Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church, more widely known as Miagao Church, is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines, famed for its unique fortress-like Baroque architecture and richly carved façade.
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A.
Santos Juanes Church
Santos Juanes Church is a historic Baroque Catholic church in Valencia, Spain, noted for its ornate façade and richly decorated interior.
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B.
San Ildefonso Church
San Ildefonso Church is a historic Roman Catholic church known for its colonial-era architecture and religious significance in the town of San Ildefonso.
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C.
Binondo Church
Binondo Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Manila, Philippines, known as one of the oldest places of Christian worship in the country and a center of the Chinese-Filipino Catholic community.
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D.
San Miguel Church
San Miguel Church is a historic Catholic church in the Bolivian city of Oruro, known for its colonial-era architecture and religious significance.
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E.
San Ignacio de Loyola Church
San Ignacio de Loyola Church is a historic Jesuit church in Buenos Aires, Argentina, known as one of the city’s oldest and most architecturally significant colonial-era religious buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque church
ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural property of the Philippines ⓘ fortress church ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Miagao Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
ⓘ
Fortress Baroque ⓘ |
| builder | Augustinian friars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryBuilt | 18th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1787 ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Miagao and Iloilo heritage ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Thomas of Villanova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| diocese | Archdiocese of Jaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| façadeDepicts | St. Christopher carrying the Child Jesus ⓘ |
| façadeMotif |
coconut tree as Tree of Life
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local flora and fauna ⓘ |
| feature |
elevated location overlooking the town
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thick stone walls ⓘ |
| function | parish church ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage |
Latin
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Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iloilo
NERFINISHED
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Miagao NERFINISHED ⓘ Panay Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Visayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
coral stone
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egg white mortar ⓘ limestone ⓘ |
| municipalityPatron | Miagao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas of Villanova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
fortress-like façade
ⓘ
massive buttresses ⓘ richly carved stone façade ⓘ twin asymmetrical bell towers ⓘ |
| partOf | Baroque Churches of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provinceOfReligiousOrder | Order of Saint Augustine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteCriteria |
(ii)
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(iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteId | 677 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteName | Baroque Churches of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Baroque Churches of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | defensive structure against Moro raiders ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1797 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church Description of subject: Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church, more widely known as Miagao Church, is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines, famed for its unique fortress-like Baroque architecture and richly carved façade.
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