Constructed in 1799 through voluntary labor from residents,it is home to the predominantly Catholic Lapogueños. This is where scores of Lapogueños were held hostages by the Japanese forces during the Second World War. Japanese soldiers detained the people inside the church and threatened to bomb the place if nobody would reveal the burial site of a comrade. The people were spared by the valiant Constante Castro who led the Japanese to the burial site. How to get there: To get to Vigan City from Manila,you can take a bus for the 7-hour trip;  or take a plane to Laoag City and a bus ride from Laoag to Vigan.