City of San Fernando Heritage Houses series
Posted on January 3, 2008 - Filed Under Heritage Watch, Road Trip | 4 Comments
In this series, I will be featuring the old, yet glorious and still classy houses found along Consunji Street in San Fernando, Pampanga. Just like the cities of Vigan in Ilocos Sur and Silay in Negros Occidental, The City of San Fernando is also host to a good number of old houses full of historical [...]
Read More..>>The half-buried Church of Bacolor
Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under Churches, Heritage Watch | Leave a Comment
One of the 2 churches that has been in my Pampanga tour wish list is the Church of Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario or more popularly known as the Bacolor Church. The church of Bacolor and the ones in Betis are two of the oldest churches in the province of Pampanga.
The Bacolor Church just [...]
Read More..>>Betis: The Sistine Chapel of the Philippines
Posted on December 20, 2007 - Filed Under Churches, Heritage Watch, Road Trip | Leave a Comment
It was sometime last year when I discovered that there exists what many people call as the Sistine Chapel of the Philippines. And what really excites me at that time is that this so called Sistine Chapel of the Philippines is just a few kilometres outside of Metro Manila!
Read More..>>Kenney vows to help protect Banaue rice terraces
Posted on December 13, 2007 - Filed Under Heritage Watch, News | 2 Comments
ILAGAN, ISABELA, Dec. 13 (PNA) — United States Ambassador Kristie Kenney has confirmed foreign help to preserve the Banaue rice terraces in Ifugao, dubbed as one of the eight wonders of the world, to prevent it from being stricken off from the United Nations’ Heritage Site list.
Kenney, who visited Isabela Wednesday and Ifugao the [...]
Gothic Cathedral in the midst of a grassland?
Posted on November 18, 2007 - Filed Under Heritage Watch, Landmarks, Road Trip | 2 Comments
You might think that this is a Gothic Cathedral right in the heart of a grassland. Nah, think again. This is not a Gothic Cathedral, not even a grassland. This is a mausoleum right in the middle of the Manila Chinese Cemetery. Obvious lack of proper care and maintenance led to the growth of unwanted [...]
Read More..>>The old, but glorious Manila
Posted on November 5, 2007 - Filed Under Heritage Watch, Landmarks | 1 Comment
Here’s another view of the old, but still glorious Manila. Showcasing its Art Deco buildings and structures. The photo was taken sometime last near near the Jones Bridge.
Read More..>>Manila’s Jones Bridge
Posted on November 3, 2007 - Filed Under Heritage Watch, Landmarks | Leave a Comment
One of the finer views of the old city of Manila. And probably one of the picturesque views of the Philippine capital.
The Jones bridge was built in the 1920’s as part of a plan to transform Manila into a Neo Classical architecture masterpiece.
Manila Post Office
Posted on July 14, 2007 - Filed Under Heritage Watch, Landmarks | 7 Comments
When the buzzword e-mail has not yet reached the mainstream society, snail mail, or the regularpost office mail was still the IN thing. And when we say post office, I guess nothing will beat when it comes to beauty and grandeur the Manila Post Office.
The post office, located along Lawton in Manila was built [...]
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