Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery
Nagcarlan, Philippines · built 1845
The Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery (Filipino: Libingan sa Ilalim ng Lupa ng Nagcarlan) is a national historical landmark and museum in Barangay Bambang, Nagcarlan, Laguna supervised by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. It was built in 1845 under the supervision of Franciscan priest, Fr. Vicente Velloc as a Catholic burial site and its underground crypt intended for Spanish Franciscan friars, prominent town citizens and members of elite Catholic families. It is dubbed as the only Catholic cemetery with a crypt in the country.
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