Heritage in Pampanga (page 2)

Stone facade of the Spanish-era Sabanilla Chapel in Mexico, Pampanga

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Sabanilla Chapel (Nuestra Señora del Rosario)

Rare Spanish-era chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary in Barangay Sabanilla, Mexico.

Mexico

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Santa Monica Parish Church, Mexico

Mexico's parish of Saint Monica, rebuilt in a modern style after the 1880 earthquake left only its old belfry standing.

Mexico

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Santa Lucia Parish Church, Sasmuan

Sasmuan's Baroque church of Saint Lucy, an Augustinian foundation of 1590 with a distinctive pineapple-shaped cupola.

Sasmuan

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Spanish-era house at Holy Family Child Formation Center, Candaba

Large Spanish colonial residence inside a school compound in Buas, visible from the Candaba-Santa Ana Road.

Candaba

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San Andres Apostol Parish Church, Candaba

Candaba's Spanish-era Baroque parish church, founded in 1575, once a grammar school and a refuge for Manila's friar students.

Candaba

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Crissot Memorial Bust, Bacolor

Bust of Juan Crisostomo Soto, Crissot, the Bacolor writer who launched the golden age of Kapampangan literature.

Bacolor

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Simon de Anda Monument, Bacolor

Monument at the town hall to Governor Simon de Anda, who ran his government in exile from Bacolor during the British occupation of Manila.

Bacolor

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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.

Bacolor

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Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Cabetican

Marian pilgrimage shrine in Cabetican, Bacolor, half-buried by Pinatubo's lahar and still a centre of prayer and healing.

Bacolor

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Our Lady of Divine Grace Parish, Mabalacat

Mabalacat's town parish, where the choir keeps the old Pastorella tradition of Latin Christmas hymns.

Mabalacat

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Kamikaze East Airfield Peace Memorial

Memorial on the site of the airfield where the first organised kamikaze mission took off on October 25, 1944, built as a call for peace.

Mabalacat

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Pampanga State Agricultural University, Magalang

Historic agricultural university founded as La Granja Modelo de Magalang in 1885, known for its Aglibut sweet tamarind.

Magalang

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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

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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

Facade of the Santa Ana Parish Church in Santa Ana, Pampanga

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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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Dominican Convent (Convento de la Sagrada Familia)

Retreat convent on the Santa Rita-Porac Road in San Matias, with a Spanish-era stone arch nearby.

Santa Rita

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Pineda Ancestral House, Santa Rita

Ancestral house on Ocampo Street built in 1917 to 1918, said to hold saints carved by sculptor Maximo Vicente.

Santa Rita

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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

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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

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Museo Ampon Simpanan Kabiasnan ning Minalin

Minalin's museum and library on the town plaza in San Nicolas.

Minalin

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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

Facade of San Miguel Arcangel Parish Church in Masantol with its central bell tower

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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

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Jose B. Lingad Park and Museum

Park and museum in San Nicolas 1st, Lubao, named after Jose B. Lingad.

Lubao

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President Diosdado P. Macapagal Museum and Library

Interactive museum and library in San Nicolas 1st on the life and times of President Diosdado Macapagal, a native of Lubao.

Lubao