Cagsawa Church Ruins | Mayon Volcano | Albay, Philippines | plus Mayon Volcano eruption clip | 4K

Cagsawa Ruins are fragments of a 16th-century Franciscan church. The church was primarily built in 1587 but was burned by Dutch pirates in 1636. It was then rebuilt in 1724 by Franciscan Friars led by Father Francisco Blanco. In February 1814, the strongest eruption of the Mayon Volcano occurred, burying the church beneath the lava and leaving only the bell tower and part of the facade of the church behind.