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Retablo of Sta. Ana Church by Dennis Natividad · 365 Project.
The main altarpiece (Retablo) of Sta. Ana Church (Parish of the Our Lady of the Abandoned) is in churrigueresque style with gold leaf on its details. It has thirteen niches with with solomonic and churrigueresque columns.
The lower level has the Franciscan Saints, San Buenaventura de Bañorea, St. Peter of Alcantara, St. Bernardino of Siena and Santa Clara de Asis, and the sagrario (tabernacle) in the middle.
The second or the main level has the image of Our Lady of the Abandoned in the middle, with the images of founders of Catholic religious orders, St. Dominic and St. Francis of Assisi, and Biblical figures St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist.
The upper level contained the images of St. Anne (the Patron Saint of the Church) at the center with St. Peter and St. Paul on its sides.
At the top the retablo is the image of St. Michael the Archangel with medallions containing the painted images of St. Didacus and St. Paschal Baylon.
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