"Gothic Architecture was known as during that period "french style" and latter part of Renaissance period was called "gothic". Its characteristics is features include Flying buttresses,pointed arch and ribbed vault"
Basilica of San Sebastian
Is also known as San Sebastian Church is located at Plaza Del camrmen At eastern end of Claro M. Recto st. Quiapo Manila, Philippines is a revival of a Gothic Architecture in the Philippines and IS the ONLY "ALL STEEL" basilica
Short History
In 1621, Don Bernardino Castillo, a generous patron and a devotee of the Christian martyr Saint Sebastian, donated the land upon which the church stands now. The original church, made of wood, burned in 1651 during a Chinese uprising. The succeeding structures, which were built of brick, were destroyed by fire and earthquakes in 1859, 1863, and 1880.
In the 1880s, Estebán Martínez, the parish priest of the ruined church, approached the Spanisharchitect, Genaro Palacios, with a plan to build a fire and earthquake-resistant structure made entirely of steel. Palacios completed a design that fused Earthquake Baroque with the Neo-Gothic style. His final design was said to have been inspired by the famed Gothic Burgos Cathedral in Burgos, Spain.
Gothic Characteristics of San Sebastian
Spire
Lancet Arch or Openings
Stained Glass
Rose Window
Depressed Arch
Paintings on Walls and Ceilings
The Front Altar
The altar have a Gothic touch in it. It looks like a mini version or altar version of the San Sebastian Basilica
The confession Booth
There are things I cant seem to relate or maybe is at the tip of my tongue that I know I somehow its design is related to gothic Architecture
San Sebastian is truly an example of gothic architecture from its exterior to its interior design. Architecture has thought me the importance of valuing such structure, thinking that it was built before my birth.
"EVEN THE SMALLEST DETAIL HAVE A BIG IMPACT"
TIELLE:)
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