In this article we will tackled about the importance, benefits, problem, solution, laws concerning about the protection of cultural and historical heritage, recommendation and specially the history of the chosen heritage, which is the Baclayon church. In this article we let you realize and educate the existence of historical church in our country, and in this article also we are somehow already promoting the beauty of the finest Baclayon church.

         Cultural and Historical heritage is the inheritance of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are acquired from the past generations, and this heritage are maintained up to this time and preserved for the future generations. This heritage includes intangible attributes like the culture, traditions and beliefs of a specific society while the physical artifacts are the buildings, monuments, landscapes, work of art, books and artifacts from the past generations and our ancestors. This heritage is important to be given significance in our lives not just because of their economic value but also because they also give us certain emotion that may cause us to feel that we are part of this country and that we belong to the traditions, belief and a way of life.

          Cultural Heritage of the Philippines may give us identity and may introduce us to the world. Culture and its heritage reflect and shape values, beliefs, and aspirations, thereby defining a people’s national identity. It is important to keep and preserve Cultural and Historical heritage, because it keeps our integrity as a person. To keep this culture and heritage alive, people must learn that these heritages are relevant and should be regularly practiced in a society within communities and to generations. Safety measures to ensure that intangible cultural heritage can be transmitted from one generation to another are considerably different from those required for protecting tangible heritage whether it is natural or cultural.

            Philippines has a lot of Cultural and Historical heritages with it’s beautiful islands. Filipino is more likely known to love their culture and are encouraged to develop and preserve the heritage, may it be physical or intangible heritage. It is visible to the traditions, culture and historical places among Filipino people that they are really giving importance to their inheritance from the ancestors. One of the examples of the Cultural and Historical heritage of Philippines is in Bohol. Bohol has a number of very old churches way back from the time of the Spanish colonization. One of its Historical Heritage that is known among the Philippines and specifically in Bohol is the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception or commonly known as the Baclayon Church in Baclayon, Bohol. This church is considered as one of the oldest stone churches in the Philippines. It is said to be one of the best preserved churches within the region that was built by Jesuits and was added by the Augustinian recollects of modern facades and stone buildings that now surrounds it in the 19th Century.

              It is the first church where Spanish Jesuit missionaries stayed but soon forced to move out because of the fear from the Moro marauders. This church was soon renovated and improved as time goes by. Beside it is a convent that has a museum for which includes antiquities and other historical things.

          Filipino netizens continue to love and give importance to the Cultural and Historical heritages of the Philippines as well as the Baclayon church in Baclayon, Bohol. According to their comments and stories, the after the Baclayon church has been restored and opened its doors to the public, it continued to develop over the years and it caused more tourists to visit Bohol. Although this spots were majorly destroyed by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, it still remains to be a beautiful structure to the eyes of the people. Its damaged parts that are repaired reflects the attributes and characteristics of the Filipino people as being tough despite the circumstances, problems and challenges that comes in their way that may break them but because of the perseverance of the Filipino, they stood up and strongly face challenges of life. Cultural and Historical Heritages of the Philippines are what makes a Filipino being a Filipino

          The Baclayon church acquired great damage from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake and the center was near Sagbayan, Bohol. The Diocese of Tagbilaran planned to restore the church and all the other churches damaged by the earthquake. The church was completely restored in the year 2017 and was reopened to the public in February 27, 2018.