The fortress-like, hilltop Church of the Blessed Virgin of Perpetual Help, built in 1656, houses the miraculous Ina ng Biglang-Awa ("Mother of Instant Mercy"), the province's patron saint. Its carved wooden portals are decorated with flora and fauna, cherubs and the images of the Four Evangelists: John, Luke, Mark and Matthew. The church's well maintained and faithfully restored interior has brick walls, wall-hung period lamps, a ceiling with designs of Muslim brass gongs, two sets of Stations of the Cross (in wood and stained-glass windows) and three richly decorated and intricate retablos (altar backdrops).
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