Calasiao Church (Saints Peter and Paul Parish)

The 17th-century parish church in Calasiao, about 7 km south of Dagupan, is one of the best-preserved Spanish-era churches in the region. The squat brick bell tower with its octagonal upper stage is the standout — visibly older than the body of the church and a textbook example of early Spanish colonial brickwork.

Visit for an hour combined with the famous puto Calasiao — small steamed rice cakes that are sold from every stall in town and are widely held to be the best in the Philippines.

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The church was built in 1602 and the original brick bell tower has somehow stood through every earthquake since — a record matched by almost no other 17th-century church in northern Luzon. The bricks were laid with a mortar of egg-white, lime, and crushed coral.

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