walking distance & et cetera -: Santuario del Santo Cristo -S J,Manila

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The Santuario del Santo Cristo, situated in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, also known as the Church of San Juan del Monte, was a church and convent that was built in 1602-1604 by the Dominican Friars of the most holy rosary on a land that was donated to them by Capitan Julian De Cuenca. During the Chinese uprising 1639, both structures were destroyed and burned during the Chinese uprising in 1639 and was rebuilt in 1641. It was again set on fire in July 1763 during the brief 18-month British occupation of Manila. The current church and convent were constructed in 1774 and has been renovated many times during the mid-1900. It is noted for its historical importance when it was used as a shelter by the Katipuneros during the 1898 Philippine Revolution. This sanctuary is the seat of the Cofraternity of Santisimo Cristo De San Juan Del Monte approved by Pope Innocent X on March 4, 1648.

The Dominicans arrived in the Philippines in 1587 and had founded the Santo Domingo Convent in what we now call Intramuros. In 1602, 15 years after they arrived in the country, the Dominican Fathers came to San Juan which was not yet San Juan del Monte, but the mountains of San Juan. A few clusters of nipa huts scattered on the property of a certain Captain Julian de Cuenca, who had been granted an encomienda along the San Juan River banks, where cattle was bred and raised.