FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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one of the first steel buildings
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one of oldest baroque church building
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one of the churches consumed by fire
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one of the stone churches built
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Detailed explanation-1: -San Sebastian stands on the site of first church of the Recollect Friars and first Carmelite shrine. Since three stone churches succumbed to earthquakes between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, a steel basilica was proposed in 1881 to withstand future tremors; it is the only all-steel church in East Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Order of the Agustinian Recollect (OAR) Parishes Manual cited that the San Sebastian church is the first all-iron church in the world, the first iron edifice in Asia and the second in the world after Eiffle Tower.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bishop Mariano Cuartero of the Archdiocese of Jaro consecrated the church on the eve of the feast of Saint Sebastian, 19 January 1882. Every 19th of January from then until today, the feast of St. Sebastian is celebrated as a remembrance of his martyrdom and the birth of this church.
Detailed explanation-4: -Everything is absolutely made of steel. This is the Minor Basilica of San Sebastian, in Manila (Philippines).
Detailed explanation-5: -Although the Basque language is ancient, Donostia is less so. Sancho el Mayor (called Sancho el Fuerte-Sancho the Strong) founded the city of San Sebastian around 1180 in what is today the Parte Vieja (historical quarter).