Pisamban XV

Imaculada Concepcion Church (Guagua Pampanga)

Wawa or mouth of the river was the former name of the town. Here was were barter trade was existing during the colonial era as evidence to the old Chinese coin found at the area. The town had an extinct tradition during the town fiesta then. They have this vintage photo which shows a replica of the Eiffel Tower bulit at the town's main road island. The bulding of different structures during the town fiesta at the main road island practice during those days was a tradition now extinct. The church stands untouch, even the retablo mayor remains on its original state preserved. The original "palitada of the church remains unlike others whicch were skinned so as to appear old, the mere fact was that this skinned churches are prone to damage due to natural exposure. Adobe as featured earlier cannot stand the acidity of rainwater, the reason why these churches were coated with natural coating. The palitada before was not that of chemical made primarily with limestone. If cement is used to cover the natural stone adobe the cement will ignite severe damage to the adobe stone due to its chemical content. Other issues conforming the preservation of these old churches was that of the wild plans starting to grow at the connections of these adobe stones. Betis is now a baranggay of Guagua formerly Betis was a town, one of the original towns of Pampanga.

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