Known to Boholanos as Cortes Church, the Sto. Niño Parish Church in Cortes, Bohol is one of the many churches in the Philippines that are dedicated to the Sto. Niño or Holy Child; noteworthy Sto. Niño churches in the country includes Santo Niño de Cebu, Santo Niño de Paz in Makati and Santo Niño Shrine in Butuan.
Located on top of a hill near Infant King Academy, Cortes Church, like most Bohol churches, is shaped like a cruciform and has a portico in front of an older façade. The church was constructed around 1880 but the bell tower’s upper register was not completed until the 20th century.
Most churches in Bohol are made up of cut coral stone blocks and Cortes Church is not an exception. Floral carving frames the doorway and the ceilings has frescoes which were done by Raymundo Francia, a notable painter from Cebu. The main retablo has twisted Solomonic columns and abundantly engraved flanges in the Baroque-Rococo style.
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