HomeIloiloIloilo ProvinceSouthern IloiloOtonOld Oton Church By ExploreIloilo.com. Updated on July 8, 2015.Oton church, the blending of a Greek or Byzantine plan with Gothic and Classic elements, was one one of the architectural achievements of the colonial period. Too bad it’s grandeur can only be seen in pictures today, as it was destroyed in an earthquake in 1948. The shape of the Oton Church is that of a Greek Cross, which means that the length of its four sides are equal. In the middle is a huge altar or its retablo mayor, a feature not commonly found in Philippine Churches.What’s left today is a small part of its walls, which was made into a charming and seemingly enchanting grotto located beside the new church. On top of the stone wall, a huge balete tree has grown and has hidden the stone slab because of the overgrowth its roots.New Church of OtonDon’t leave yet. There’s more!Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment *Name * Email * Website ΔThis site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.Comments jaime m. alomea saysJanuary 25, 2012 at 11:44 amang gusto gid dira baklon sa oton,ang iya nga ginamos nga sa gantangan nk butang d, best gid ang lasa.Reply ranel paguntalan saysSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:07 pmthus any one of you have heard of oton church patron miraculous stories?Reply Gen saysMarch 19, 2011 at 12:11 pmkanugon gd ya!tane kun wala lng mguba ang church sang una kundi tane historical pa ang Oton church. Ugz…galain man buot q bah!hehe..di na xa ma include gd ya haw?everybody knows naman sang history sang church ta db?LGU’s f possible maka find kmu way para maging certified historical church man ang Oton Church?””‘proud to be Otonian!”””=)Reply lowel saysJanuary 16, 2011 at 6:25 pmbeautifulReply Vince saysAugust 10, 2010 at 11:46 amtni pkta tanan nga picture kng dumaan nga town kng Oton.Reply shiena saysJuly 9, 2010 at 2:34 pmai maan ano pgd mga old pix d nga bwt s oton mn?????Reply shiena saysJuly 9, 2010 at 2:29 pmwhen gn buhat grotto?Reply sheila saysJanuary 15, 2010 at 4:48 pmhi! i came from southern part of this country. anybody there knows the patron of oton? and the parish complete address? pls post. i need help.pls………… tanx. godbless!Reply joan saysMarch 9, 2010 at 10:33 am…mary immaculate is the saint patron of oton, the parish address is Brgy pOB nORTH oTON iLOILO… jUZ DNT KNOW THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE STREET.Reply Joemarie saysApril 16, 2010 at 1:17 pmang patron sang Oton Imaculada Concepcion. Ang exact address is Oton, Iloilo kay sa town proper gid ini atubang gid sang plaza. The best landmarks were demolished diring the construction of the amphitheater in 1973. May pinakamataas nga tore sa tunga plasa gid kag dira naga hampang mga bata sang una, panaguay, lagsanay, tumba patis kag iban paReply otonians saysAugust 19, 2009 at 10:59 pmman wala ka guro gapamangkot sa mga kalolohan mo. your not close to your respected grand parents ehhReply arnel dequina saysAugust 18, 2009 at 2:24 pmnagdako nako subong ko lang naman an nga ang simbahan pala sang OTon na dati ay naguba buti nakita ko sa website na ini grabe pala ka dako ang pinaka original nga simbahan sang Oton.Reply zackary sigh saysMay 7, 2009 at 5:30 pmay tani hatagan man livelyhood ang people kay maski nanay naga drive sa sikad para may ibakal bugas kaluoy man tani, indi puro negosyo ang ila ipakita sa iban progressive ang oton kuno,Reply karmoy saysApril 9, 2009 at 5:59 pmproud si tatay, sang una nag contribute, high school sila , gadala bato (para ibato hehe joke) pakadto sa town, para idonate sa ipatindog nga simbahan, toud na? but amo na hambal nya ehhh. but oton is a richest and progressive place in iloilo, no wonder damo guapa, katsilaa ang mga itsora, daw lang gali ahh. and damo project , like sang turugban kung mag ulan sa dalan sang buray pakadto alimodian, libre polbus sa summer sang yab-ok, teh diin na kamo, the best gid ya ang sandiya ahh, love ko gid mag kauon , bisan gurisngay ang bayo hala bira kain sandiya nga gatulolo ang sabaw sa botkon wala problema ahhh, eheheheh ti abi ma imagine mo, daw lwala lang ko to problema, baw ahhhhsee u soon otonReply miyu saysMarch 9, 2009 at 9:03 pmat least i can see how it looked like. the old church has always been one of the fascinating stories i have heard from the folks in my childhood. yes, too bad the old church was destroyed. the new one is under maintenance and beautification yet it cannot boast historical architecture.i’m from oton. i love my town! best in iloilo for me. Sulong Ogtong!Reply zackary sigh saysMay 7, 2009 at 5:36 pmnga pila edad ni tatay mo haw? asusssssssss pabay e lang na ang mga historical architure dyan tumba ron gani to kay wala fundacion para man subong ang importanti livelihood para sa may kaunon hamak mo diin ka makita sa first district nga may 2 ka babae nga naga drive sikad man only in oton iloilo, hehehe, tani dapat buligan man na sila para man mag mesirabli tulokon.Reply chymera00 saysMarch 9, 2008 at 10:56 pmIt’s definitely still there and the place is still a great place to go during the weekends. Though I heard isn’t as popular as it used to be.Reply billy saysMarch 9, 2008 at 8:12 pmI remember when i was young, my family used to go to Anhawan Beach Resort in Oton on the weekend. What happened to the place now?Reply Yamasan saysMarch 9, 2008 at 4:06 pmToo bad the Oton Church collapsed.It would have been the biggest and tallest Church in Iloilo.Reply grace saysFebruary 10, 2007 at 7:54 amit is too hard for us always to locate through the web about the historical church of Oton, Iloilo. according to our natives, before, this church and the town was one of the historic towns in the province of iloilo. we wanted to log-on to the municipal website but we could not continue. we wanted to know the town’s historical sites and culture. better, the LGU should improve it’s site.Reply Explore Iloilo saysNovember 14, 2006 at 6:17 pmIt would be nice if the Oton LGU restore its old cemetery for a start.Reply gladita saysNovember 14, 2006 at 5:30 pmYeah, too bad. Oton is the oldest town in Iloilo and yet we don’t have any historical landmarks. Except of course for the golden death mask unearthed there which is now at the National Museum.Reply
jaime m. alomea saysJanuary 25, 2012 at 11:44 amang gusto gid dira baklon sa oton,ang iya nga ginamos nga sa gantangan nk butang d, best gid ang lasa.Reply
ranel paguntalan saysSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:07 pmthus any one of you have heard of oton church patron miraculous stories?Reply
Gen saysMarch 19, 2011 at 12:11 pmkanugon gd ya!tane kun wala lng mguba ang church sang una kundi tane historical pa ang Oton church. Ugz…galain man buot q bah!hehe..di na xa ma include gd ya haw?everybody knows naman sang history sang church ta db?LGU’s f possible maka find kmu way para maging certified historical church man ang Oton Church?””‘proud to be Otonian!”””=)Reply
sheila saysJanuary 15, 2010 at 4:48 pmhi! i came from southern part of this country. anybody there knows the patron of oton? and the parish complete address? pls post. i need help.pls………… tanx. godbless!Reply
joan saysMarch 9, 2010 at 10:33 am…mary immaculate is the saint patron of oton, the parish address is Brgy pOB nORTH oTON iLOILO… jUZ DNT KNOW THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE STREET.Reply
Joemarie saysApril 16, 2010 at 1:17 pmang patron sang Oton Imaculada Concepcion. Ang exact address is Oton, Iloilo kay sa town proper gid ini atubang gid sang plaza. The best landmarks were demolished diring the construction of the amphitheater in 1973. May pinakamataas nga tore sa tunga plasa gid kag dira naga hampang mga bata sang una, panaguay, lagsanay, tumba patis kag iban paReply
otonians saysAugust 19, 2009 at 10:59 pmman wala ka guro gapamangkot sa mga kalolohan mo. your not close to your respected grand parents ehhReply
arnel dequina saysAugust 18, 2009 at 2:24 pmnagdako nako subong ko lang naman an nga ang simbahan pala sang OTon na dati ay naguba buti nakita ko sa website na ini grabe pala ka dako ang pinaka original nga simbahan sang Oton.Reply
zackary sigh saysMay 7, 2009 at 5:30 pmay tani hatagan man livelyhood ang people kay maski nanay naga drive sa sikad para may ibakal bugas kaluoy man tani, indi puro negosyo ang ila ipakita sa iban progressive ang oton kuno,Reply
karmoy saysApril 9, 2009 at 5:59 pmproud si tatay, sang una nag contribute, high school sila , gadala bato (para ibato hehe joke) pakadto sa town, para idonate sa ipatindog nga simbahan, toud na? but amo na hambal nya ehhh. but oton is a richest and progressive place in iloilo, no wonder damo guapa, katsilaa ang mga itsora, daw lang gali ahh. and damo project , like sang turugban kung mag ulan sa dalan sang buray pakadto alimodian, libre polbus sa summer sang yab-ok, teh diin na kamo, the best gid ya ang sandiya ahh, love ko gid mag kauon , bisan gurisngay ang bayo hala bira kain sandiya nga gatulolo ang sabaw sa botkon wala problema ahhh, eheheheh ti abi ma imagine mo, daw lwala lang ko to problema, baw ahhhhsee u soon otonReply
miyu saysMarch 9, 2009 at 9:03 pmat least i can see how it looked like. the old church has always been one of the fascinating stories i have heard from the folks in my childhood. yes, too bad the old church was destroyed. the new one is under maintenance and beautification yet it cannot boast historical architecture.i’m from oton. i love my town! best in iloilo for me. Sulong Ogtong!Reply
zackary sigh saysMay 7, 2009 at 5:36 pmnga pila edad ni tatay mo haw? asusssssssss pabay e lang na ang mga historical architure dyan tumba ron gani to kay wala fundacion para man subong ang importanti livelihood para sa may kaunon hamak mo diin ka makita sa first district nga may 2 ka babae nga naga drive sikad man only in oton iloilo, hehehe, tani dapat buligan man na sila para man mag mesirabli tulokon.Reply
chymera00 saysMarch 9, 2008 at 10:56 pmIt’s definitely still there and the place is still a great place to go during the weekends. Though I heard isn’t as popular as it used to be.Reply
billy saysMarch 9, 2008 at 8:12 pmI remember when i was young, my family used to go to Anhawan Beach Resort in Oton on the weekend. What happened to the place now?Reply
Yamasan saysMarch 9, 2008 at 4:06 pmToo bad the Oton Church collapsed.It would have been the biggest and tallest Church in Iloilo.Reply
grace saysFebruary 10, 2007 at 7:54 amit is too hard for us always to locate through the web about the historical church of Oton, Iloilo. according to our natives, before, this church and the town was one of the historic towns in the province of iloilo. we wanted to log-on to the municipal website but we could not continue. we wanted to know the town’s historical sites and culture. better, the LGU should improve it’s site.Reply
Explore Iloilo saysNovember 14, 2006 at 6:17 pmIt would be nice if the Oton LGU restore its old cemetery for a start.Reply
gladita saysNovember 14, 2006 at 5:30 pmYeah, too bad. Oton is the oldest town in Iloilo and yet we don’t have any historical landmarks. Except of course for the golden death mask unearthed there which is now at the National Museum.Reply