Janiuay Cemetery definitely deserves its fame... a neo-gothic cemetery which was considered to the most artistic cemetery at the time it was finished. The stairs leading to the stone arches are still breathtaking until now.
Along the highway connecting Janiuay to the neighboring town of Mina is a cemetery built on a slope. The builder of this cemetery was Fr. Fernando de Llorente who commenced work in 1874 and completed the whole project after nine years. The archbishop of Manila, Pedro Payo, blessed the cemetery.
Back then, when the small cemetery was not able to occupy the tombs, people recklessly built their tombs outside the stone arches making the beauty of the the cemetery fade.
Gothic features that remain are still stunning--the windows pierced by delicate stone tracery, the spires rising at the eight points of the octagonal building.
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