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Facade of San Bartolome Parish Church in Magalang© Louiealdrin on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA

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San Bartolome Parish Church, Magalang

Magalang's parish of Saint Bartholomew, moved to the present town in 1863 after the Parua River swept away the old settlement.

Magalang
One of Magalang's tall brick heliograph towers beside a road

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Magalang heliograph towers

Two Spanish-era signal towers from 1863 in Santa Cruz and San Isidro, regarded as important cultural properties.

Magalang

Adventure

Banal a Bunduk, Magalang

Holy Mountain Way of the Cross on Mount Arayat's slope: 14 life-sized Stations along a 1.6 km trail to a 35-foot Risen Christ.

Magalang

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Santa Ana Public Market

Santa Ana's town market near the church and town hall, 7 km from Mexico and 15 km from San Fernando.

Santa Ana
Facade of the Santa Ana Parish Church in Santa Ana, Pampanga© Ramon FVelasquez on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA

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Santa Ana Parish Church, Pampanga

Baroque 1850s church of Saint Anne with a five-tiered belfry, a bone relic of the saint and an NHCP marker from 2013.

Santa Ana

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Santa Rita EcoPark

Town park that hosts Santa Rita's evening Duman Festival, with food stalls, al fresco dining and Kapampangan theatre.

Santa Rita
Villa Epifania, the Guanzon ancestral house in Santa Rita© JJ Carpio on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA

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Villa Epifania (Guanzon Ancestral House)

The 'Grand Old House of Santa Rita', an all-concrete 1931 to 1932 mansion seen in Lino Brocka's Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang.

Santa Rita
Facade and bell tower of Santa Rita de Casia Parish Church, Santa Rita© Ralff Nestor Nacor on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA

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Santa Rita de Casia Parish Church

Single-nave church of Saint Rita of Cascia, built 1839 to 1868, which keeps a first-class relic of the saint shown every August 17.

Santa Rita
Baroque facade and bell tower of Santa Monica Parish Church, Minalin© Lucky lleo on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA

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Santa Monica Parish Church, Minalin

National Cultural Treasure with four unique capillas posas, twin hexagonal towers and a mural map dated 1619 in its convent.

Minalin

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Masantol Public Market

Riverside market of a town known for supplying shrimp, prawns, crabs, clams and tilapia across Central Luzon.

Masantol
Facade of San Miguel Arcangel Parish Church in Masantol with its central bell tower© Ralff Nestor Nacor on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA

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San Miguel Arcangel Parish Church, Masantol

The last parish the Augustinians founded in Pampanga, erected in 1894, with a central bell tower and saints in canopied niches.

Masantol

Adventure

Pradera Verde, Lubao

Leisure estate in Prado Siongco with a golf course, the home ground of the Lubao International Balloon and Music Festival.

Lubao

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The Guagua Mansion (Lopez Mansion)

1929 mansion of sugar magnate Alejandro Lopez, said to be Pampanga's first all-concrete house, restored in 2016 as an events venue.

Guagua
Facade of the Immaculate Conception Parish Church in Guagua© JJ Carpio on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA

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Immaculate Conception Parish Church, Guagua

Guagua's 1772 parish church of the Immaculate Conception beside the town hall, with a main altar by Betis artist Willy Layug.

Guagua

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Arnedo House, Sulipan

Nineteenth-century mansion of the Arnedo family in Sulipan, where a Russian grand duke stayed and Rizal is said to have dined.

Apalit
Twin-towered facade and dome of San Pedro Apostol Parish Church, Apalit© Judgefloro on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA

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San Pedro Apostol Parish Church, Apalit

Apalit's 1883 neo-Renaissance church of Saint Peter, with trompe l'oeil ceilings and a relic of the apostle enthroned in 2017.

Apalit

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Santo Tomas Apostol Parish Church

Parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle, founded in 1767, the mother church of Pampanga's smallest and youngest town.

Santo Tomas

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Pampanga Pottery and Agritourism Park

Working pottery studio and farm park in Sto. Tomas with factory tours, wheel workshops, pot painting and a showroom, open daily 8am to 5pm.

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