Revealing the History and Heritage of the Philippines: One Post at a Time
Behind the picturesque Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Dauis, Bohol, stands a remarkable coral-stone structure that has silently watched over the centuries — the Dauis Watchtower. Built in 1774 under the supervision of Fr. Santiago del Corazón de Jesús of the Augustinian Recollects, this stout, hexagonal tower…
There’s a quiet, gentle stillness that greets you the moment you step onto the grounds of The Ruins in Talisay City, Negros Occidental—a feeling that the past has settled into the air and never fully left. This skeletal mansion, rising with effortless grace over the old sugar fields, began as…
