Don Honorio Ventura State University, Bacolor
State university founded in 1861 as the Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Bacolor, counted among the oldest trade schools in the Far East.
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Overview
The university began on November 4, 1861, as the Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Bacolor, founded by the Augustinian Fr. Juan P. Zita. It is often described as one of the oldest trade schools in the Far East and later became Pampanga's first state university. The American-era civil government of the province was inaugurated in its halls.
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Felix Galura Memorial, Bacolor
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