Saint Paul's Metropolitan Cathedral (Vigan, Philippines)
Vigan Cathedral, canonically known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site declaration for the Historic Town of Vigan in 1999.
This is the fourth church to stand at this site, and it was built from 1790 to 1800 under the Augustinians. It was occupied by the revolutionists under Colonel Juan Villamor in 1896 and by the American forces under Lieutenant Colonel James Parker in 1899.
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Vigan (Siudad ti Vigan in Ilokano and Lungsod ng Vigan in Tagalog), officially the City of Vigan, is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 53,879 people.
Located on the western coast of the large island of Luzon, facing the South China Sea, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is one of the few towns left in the Philippines whose old structures have mostly remained intact. Vigan is well known for its sett pavements and a unique architecture of the Philippine colonial era which fuses Native Philippine and East Asian building designs and construction with colonial Spanish architecture that is still abundant in the area (mainly the Bahay na Bato houses and an Earthquake Baroque church). Former Philippine president Elpidio Quirino, the sixth President of the Philippines, was born in Vigan. The entire city of Vigan was later inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage City after being declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a member of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC).
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigan
Saint Paul's Metropolitan Cathedral (Vigan, Philippines)
Vigan Cathedral, canonically known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site declaration for the Historic Town of Vigan in 1999.
This is the fourth church to stand at this site, and it was built from 1790 to 1800 under the Augustinians. It was occupied by the revolutionists under Colonel Juan Villamor in 1896 and by the American forces under Lieutenant Colonel James Parker in 1899.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigan_Cathedral
Vigan (Siudad ti Vigan in Ilokano and Lungsod ng Vigan in Tagalog), officially the City of Vigan, is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 53,879 people.
Located on the western coast of the large island of Luzon, facing the South China Sea, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is one of the few towns left in the Philippines whose old structures have mostly remained intact. Vigan is well known for its sett pavements and a unique architecture of the Philippine colonial era which fuses Native Philippine and East Asian building designs and construction with colonial Spanish architecture that is still abundant in the area (mainly the Bahay na Bato houses and an Earthquake Baroque church). Former Philippine president Elpidio Quirino, the sixth President of the Philippines, was born in Vigan. The entire city of Vigan was later inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage City after being declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a member of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC).
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigan