MINOR BASILICA OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL- 34th Elevation Anniversary

𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇
𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑠

The Minor Basilica of Saint Michael the Archangel, commonly known as the Tayabas Basilica, is a Roman Catholic basilica located in Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucena. Its titular is Saint Michael the Archangel, whose feast is celebrated annually on September 29.

The church is the largest in the province of Quezon; and is built in the shape of a key. Locals often refer to the church as Susi ng Tayabas ("The Key of Tayabas"). The church's 103-metre (338-foot) aisle also has the longest nave among Spanish colonial era churches in the Philippines.

The church was dedicated on March 14, 1987, by the Lucena bishop Rubén T. Profugo, DD. On October 18, 1988, the title Minor Basilica was conferred upon the church by Pope John Paul II through the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and was proclaimed during a eucharistic celebration on January 21, 1989.

Tayabas Basilica is considered to be one of the most beautiful churches in the Philippines. Through Presidential Decree no. 374, the National Museum of the Philippines declared Tayabas Basilica as a National Cultural Treasure on July 31, 2001, along with 25 other churches in the Philippines.

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