TheSanta Monica Parish Church, also calledPanay ChurchSpanish:Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Mónica, is a historic church inPanay, nearRoxas Cityin theprovinceofCapiz, onPanayisland in theWestern Visayasregion of the Philipppines. It was built in 1884 on the site of an earlier church, built in 1774 by Miguel Murguia, which was gravely damaged by thetyphoonof 17 January 1875.The church is built of coral blocks and is approximately 70 metres long, 25 m in width and 18 m in height; the walls are about 3 metres thick.The church has an unusually large bell, the largest in the country. This was cast by Juan Reina in about 1884, using sacks of coin given by the people of the town; it weighs more than 10 tonnes.In 1997 the church was declared a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.
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