I have written about carcar many many times in this blog, be it the Watchtowers of Tuyom and Ocana or the Church. Carcar is and always will be my favorite heritage town in Cebu, though i have another favorite outside of Cebu. Carcar is the largest and most complete heritage…
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History of Boljoon Church
Boljoon is a large municipality 90 kilometers south of Cebu city with a population of around 19,000, the town has a very rich and long history. This is a short history of the church of Boljoon. The first records of Boljoon being mentioned was when Boljoon was a visita of…
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History of the Church of Danao
The church of Danao city is peculiar in that it has one of the most unique church facades in the country. The church is normal cruciform shape and made of cut coral stone blocks with one Belltower to the right of the Facade. The history of the church starts with…
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The Ancient Watchtowers of Carcar
The Heritage city of Carcar is what most Cebuanos think of when they think old buildings and old houses, and they are correct, very correct the church is certainly old, the rotunda is one of the 4 in Cebu and the rotunda of Carcar is very elegant. There are ancestral…
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Cebu Railway: Tren Sa Sugbo (1906-1945)
Did you know that there was once a steam train route in Cebu, similar to the trains that once operated in Negros? Today, the only trains most Filipinos know are the LRT and MRT systems in Metro Manila. But just like in the movies, large steam locomotives once ran from…
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Pre-War buildings in Cebu City
Cebu City is the oldest city in the Philippines being established in 1565 first being known as Ciudad del Santísimo Nombre de Jesús then in 1937 it was declared as a city. The city has and always has been a center for trade and one of the most historically significant…
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Talisay Church, Cebu: History
In the island of Cebu Spanish era churches are common in many municipalities across the island but their designs usually follow a common design of Belltower-Facade-Convent or some variation of that but the status quo is that layout, but the church of Talisay follows another layout, I will be explaining…
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Ancestral/Heritage Houses of Talisay, Cebu
An ancestral home is the place of origin of one’s extended family, particularly the home owned and preserved by the same family for several generations. The term can refer to an individual house or estate, or to a broader geographic area such as a town, a region, or an entire…
