gabii sa kabilin 2015 'founding' e-guide
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Welcome to Cebu’s 9th Gabii sa Kabilin Gabii sa Kabilin or Night of Heritage is a special annual event where people visit museums and heritage sites in one night. From 6 p.m. to midnight, guests enjoy cultural shows, exhibits, children’s activities, contests, food fairs, and other activities. To get to the participating sites, guests walk or ride buses and tartanillas (horse-drawn carriages).TRANSCRIPT
6 p.m. to 12 m.n. May 29, 2015
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IndexParticipating Sites
ANTHILL Fabric GalleryPedro Calomarde St. cor Acacia St., Gorordo Ave., Cebu City Page 17
Archdiocesan Museum of CebuMabini St. cor. Urdaneta St., Señor Sto. Niño, Cebu City Page 18
Archdiocesan Shrine of the Sacred Heart Parish ––Alternative Contemporary Arts StudioD. Jakosalem St., Cogon Central Ramos, Cebu City Page 19
Basilica Minore del Santo NiñoPres.Osmeña Blvd Page 20
Casa Gorordo Museum35 Lopez Jaena St., Tinago, Cebu City Page 21
Cebu City MuseumOsmeña Blvd., Capitol Site, Cebu City Page 22
Chapel of San Pedro CalungsodSM Seaside Complex, South Road Properties, Cebu City Page 23
Don Sergio Osmeña Sr. Memorabilia and CAP Art GalleryOsmeña Blvd., Sambag II, Cebu City Page 24
Fo Guang Shan Chu Un TempleV. Rama St., Calamba, Cebu City Page 25
Fort San PedroSan Roque, Cebu City Page 26
Iglesia Filipina Independiente Cathedral of the Holy Child JesusMabini St., Tinago, Cebu City Page 27
Jose R. Gullas Halad MuseumD. Jakosalem cor V. Gullas Sts., Señor Sto. Niño, Cebu City Page 28
Magellan’s CrossMagallanes St., Cebu City Page 29
Museo Parian - 1730 Jesuit HouseZulueta St., Tinago, Cebu City Page 30
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Museo SugboM.J. Cuenco, Tejero, Cebu City Page 31
Plaza ParianMabini St., Parian, Cebu City Page 32
San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish ChurchTupas St., San Nicolas, Cebu City Page 33
St. Theresa’s College – Folklife MuseumRamon Aboitiz St., Kamputhaw, Cebu City Page 34
The FreemanPhilippine STAR Bldg., V. Gullas corner D. Jakosalem Sts., Cebu City Page 35
United Church of Christ in the Philippines – Bradford Memorial Chapel85 Osmeña Blvd., Sta. Cruz, Cebu City Page 36
University of the Philippines CebuGorordo Ave., Lahug, Cebu City Page 37
University of Southern Philippines Foundation – Rizaliana MuseumMabini St., Señor Sto. Niño, Cebu City Page 38
University of the VisayasCorner D. Jakosalem & Colon St., Cebu City Page 39
Yap - Sandiego Ancestral House155 Mabini St. Parian, Cebu City Page 40
Lapu-Lapu City Page 41a. Mactan Shrine
Mandaue City Page 42a. National Shrine of St. Josephb. Mandaue City Heritage Plaza c. Mandaue City Presidencia d. Rizal-Bonifacio Memorial Stage and Library e. Bantayan sa Harif. Mandaue Central School
Talisay City Page 43a. Museo de Talisay b. National Historic Shrine Liberation Monumentc. Archdiocesan Shrine of Sta. Teresa de Avila Parishd. New Talisay City Halle.Talisay City College f. Tres Aliños Monument
The ticket provides entry to all venues listed in this guide. Guests get free unlimited use of offered bus and tartanilla rides. Worth P150.00, the ticket is only valid for use on May 29, 2015 from 6 p.m. to 12 m.n. Children aged seven and under, accompanied by adults, get free admission and rides.
The City Walk segment of the event covers participating and featured sites in Cebu City’s downtown district. Shuttle buses connect the downtown district to museums and heritage sites in other areas.
Programs, activities, and schedules of participating sites are subject to change without prior notice. For museums with limited capacities due to space and safety restrictions, admission of guests will be regulated. Museums and heritage sites are responsible for the descriptions and programs listed in this guide.
Tour Mechanics
Gabii sa Kabilin or Night of Heritage is a special annual event where people visit museums and heritage sites in one night. From 6 p.m. to midnight, guests enjoy cultural
shows, exhibits, children’s activities, contests, food fairs, and other activities. To get to the participating sites, guests walk or ride buses and tartanillas (horse-drawn carriages).
The event is an adaptation of Germany’s (Lange Nacht der Museen) or Long Night of the Museums, which has become an anticipated event in more than 120 cities in Europe and South America. Cebu launched the first Gabii sa Kabilin in 2007 and has remained the only metropolis in the Asia-Pacific region to hold such an event.
Gabii sa Kabilin is held every last Friday of May to celebrate the Philippines’ National Heritage Month and International Museum Day, which falls on May 18.
From three museums in its first run, Gabii sa Kabilin has expanded to more than thirty participating museums and heritage sites across the metro’s four major cities. In 2012, the Cebu City Council, through an ordinance, designated every last Friday of May as Gabii sa Kabilin.
Gabii sa Kabilin is an activity where participating entities cooperate with the objective of highlighting Cebu’s cultural, historical, and religious heritage through the principle of primus inter pares.
Welcome to Cebu’s 9th Gabii sa Kabilin
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The Founding
Long before the colonizing powers of the West arrived, Zubu (now Cebu), was already an important trading center. Countries such as Arabia, China, Siam (now Thailand), Borneo, the Moluccas (also known as the Spice Islands) and of Southeast Asia came into the island to trade with the natives’ merchandise and spices. The Chinese were particularly attracted, not only to goods, but also to the honesty of the natives of Zubu, and it was the “ideal safe harbor” because of the protection in the east given by the Mactan Island. By the time Ferdinand Magellan and his accompanying conquistadores arrived, they saw an already bustling commercial port; there were several Chinese junks and other Asian vessels that were docked in the port, and the natives were eating from porcelain and even the slaves wore plenty of gold and jewelry.
Forty-four years after Magellan’s death in the bloody Battle of Mactan against the chieftain Lapu-Lapu, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi set anchor on the shores of Cebu to continue the mission of Magellan. Shortly after landing, he ordered construction of Fort San Pedro to protect him and his men from the resistance of the natives and the sea raids, and of a church to house the image of the Sto. Niño that had been retrieved from fire when his men burned the village. But due to scarcity of food provisions in Cebu, Legazpi and his men moved from island to island until they settled in Manila which became the capital of the Philippines in 1570. When the galleon trade between the Philippines and Mexico was established in 1565, the first galleons departed from the Port of Cebu. But because the trade was centralized in Manila, Cebu sent its last galleon in 1571 and was demoted into a regional trading center, and trade relations between Cebu, China and the other Southeast Asian traders declined. A Royal Decree of April 23, 1594 allowed Cebu to participate in the galleon trade, yet the trade was short-lived and ceased entirely upon the outbreak of the Mexican Revolutionary War which led to Mexico’s independence.
During the 19th century, the influence of the Industrial Revolution in Europe resulted to the great demand of raw materials from the colonies. The country’s economy made a great leap as the local industries developed in order to meet the demands and satisfactions of the industrializing pace Europe was going through. The Port of Cebu was officially opened to world trade by Royal Decree on July 30, 1860; such trade was greatly improved with the opening of the Suez Canal in November 1869, cutting traveling time and distance between Europe and the Philippines by half.
Local goods, most especially materials such as spices, abaca, sugar, corn, copra, tobacco, lumber, pearls and native textiles from silk, piña and cotton passed through the ports of Europe in big quantities every year. The opening of Cebu’s port thus ushered new economic opportunities for elite Filipinos and Chinese and helped local farmers and producers. At first, the Chinese and Spanish mestizos and descendants were the most dominant in the country’s import-export trade, but with the opening to world trade, Cebu attracted other foreign entrepreneurs. Among them were Smith, Bell & Co. and Loney, Kerr & Co. from Great Britain, and Russell & Sturgis from America. Counselor agents from U.S., U.K., Germany, Denmark and Venezuela came to Cebu in the late 19th century. With the arrival of more foreign influences, Cebu’s urbanization increased at an incredible rate, especially with the introduction of the railway system. Infrastructure and other facilities and services like electricity, telephone and waterworks in the early decades of the American period would make the Queen City even more alive. Overtime, its central location in the Philippines, Cebu is a hub of economic, political, socio-cultural, and educational fields, outside of Manila.
Get acquainted with these witnesses to the past clustered through participating institutions and featured sites, cultural presentations and culinary experience.
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busesEight bus routes are set to connect all Gabii sa Kabilin participating museums and
sites. The historic Fort San Pedro is used as a hub for Routes 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7.Route 4 connects Fo Guang Shan Chu Un Temple on V. Rama Ave. and the
University of the Philippines in Lahug. Route 6 connects the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu and Route 8 connects the Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod in SRP to Talisay City.
RoutesciTy walkSince many of the venues are located within the city’s downtown area, Mabini St., Burgos St., Lopez Jaena St., and Colon St. (between Mabini and Jakosalem Sts.) are closed during the event so that guests can freely walk and visit these sites.
TarTanillasThe tartanillas will ply routes between the Sugbo Chinese Heritage Museum and Fort San Pedro.
1Fort San Pedro Shamrock Hotel/Compania Maritima JRG Halad
Museum Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño VECO Building San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Church Fo Guang Shan Chu Un Temple San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Church VECO Building Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño
Cebu City Hall Sugbo Chinese Heritage Museum Fort San Pedro
2Fort San Pedro Sugbo Chinese Heritage Museum Cebu City
Hall Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño VECO Building JRG Halad Museum
University of the Visayas UCCP Bradford Memorial Chapel CAP Cebu City Museum Capitol Building
Cebu City Museum CAP UCCP Bradford Memorial Chapel Museo Sugbo NSO Fort San Pedro
3Fort San Pedro NSO Museo Sugbo Corner Ballesteros
Sacred Heart Church St. Theresa’s College Sacred Heart Church University of the Visayas JRG Halad Museum Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu Fort San Pedro
4Fo Guang Shan Chu Un Temple Fuente Osmeña Cebu City
Museum Capitol Building ANTHILL Fabric Gallery University of the Philippines Capitol Building Cebu City Museum Fuente Osmeña Fo Guang Shan Chu Un Temple
5Fort San Pedro NSO Museo Sugbo Mandaue City Plaza (vice
versa)
6Mandaue City Plaza Poblacion Plaza at Opon, Lapu-Lapu City (vice
versa)
7Fort San Pedro Sugbo Chinese Heritage Museum Cebu City Hall
Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod (vice versa)
8Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod Museo de Talisay Tres Aliños
Monument National Historic Shrine Liberation Monument Talisay City Hall
Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod
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eDucaTiOnParticipating Sites: University of the Philippines Cebu (1918), University of the Visayas (1919), University of Southern Philippines Foundation (1927), St. Theresa’s College (1933), Talisay City College, Museo de Talisay
Featured Sites: University of San Carlos (1595), Cebu Normal University (1901)
Public builDinGs anD sPaces
Participating Sites: Bantayan sa Hari (Mandaue), Cebu City Museum, Mactan Shrine, Magellan’s Cross, Mandaue City Presidencia, National Historic Shrine Liberation Monument, New Talisay City Hall, Plaza Parian
Featured Sites: Calamba Cemetery, Cebu City Hall, Colon Street and Obelisk, Fuente Osmeña, Heritage of Cebu Monument, Mandaue City Hall, Muelle Osmeña, Plaza Complex at Mandaue Centro, Plaza Hamabar, Plaza Independencia, Poblacion Plaza at Opon, Provincial Capitol Building, Senior Citizen’s Park, Tres de Abril Street and Monument
THe POrT anD cOMMercial esTablisHMenTs
Participating Site: Fort San Pedro
Featured Sites: Magallanes Street, Malacañang sa Sugbo (Aduana), Port Warehouses (La Nueva, Prince Warehouse, etc.), Shamrock Hotel (popularly known as Compania Maritima Bldg.), Sugbu Chinese Heritage Museum, VECO Building
reliGiOus OrGaniZaTiOns
Participating Sites: Archdiocesan Shrine of the Sacred Heart Parish ––Alternative Contemporary Arts Studio (Roman Catholicism), Fo Guang Shan Chu Un Temple (Buddhism), IFI – Cathedral of the Sto. Niño (IFI Church), National Shrine of Saint Joseph Parish Church (Roman Catholicism), Nuestra Señora Virgen de la Regla Parish Church (Roman Catholicism), San Nicolas de Tolentino Church (Roman Catholicism), San Pedro Calungsod Chapel (Roman Catholicism), Santa Teresa de Avila Parish Church (Roman Catholicism), The Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu (Roman Catholicism), UCCP – Bradford Memorial Chapel (UCCP)
Featured Site: Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral
arTs anD culTure
Participating Sites: ANTHILL Fabric Gallery (Textiles), Casa Gorordo Museum (Music), Cebu City Hall (Photography), Cebu City Museum (Dance), Fo Guang Shan Chu Un Temple (Calligraphy), Fort San Pedro (Theater), JRG Halad Museum (Music), Museo Sugbo (Dance), Plaza Parian (Photography), Sacred Heart Parish – ACAS (Visual Arts), San Nicolas de Tolentino Church (Martial Arts), STC – Folklife Museum (Zarzuela), UCCP – Bradford Memorial Chapel (Music), UP – Cebu (Serenata), USPF – Rizaliana Museum (Music), Lapu-Lapu City (Performing Arts), Mandaue City (Performing Arts)
Featured Sites: Provincial Capitol Building, Oriente Theatre, Vision Theatre
culinaryParticipating Sites: Casa Gorordo Museum, Fo Guang Shan Chu Un Temple, Mandaue Plaza Complex, Museo Parian - 1730 Jesuit House, Museo Sugbo, Plaza Parian, San Nicolas de Tolentino Church, Talisay City Hall, USPF-Rizaliana Museum
Clusters
CEBU
to Mandaue City
to SRP
N. Escario St.
Gorordo Ave.
Gen. Maxilom Ave.
Osmeña Blvd.
B. Rodriguez St.
N. Bacalso Ave.
Junquera St.
Legaspi St.
D. Jakosalem St.
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Spolarium St.
Colon St.
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
BRADFORD CHAPEL
ANTHILL FABRIC GALLERY
MUSEO SUGBO
CEBU CITY HALL
MUSEOPARIAN SA SUGBO
FORT SAN PEDRO
CEBU CITY MUSEUM
SACRED HEART CHAPELCAP
IFI CATHEDRAL
JRG HALAD MUSEUM
VECO BLDG.
PLAZA PARIAN
CAPITOL BUILDING
SAN NICOLAS CHURCH
UNIVERSITY OF THE VISAYAS
USPF REZALIANA MUSEUM
CEBU METROPOLITAN
CATHEDRAL
SUGBO CHINESE HERITAGE MUSEUM
CASA GORORDO MUSEUM
CATHEDRAL MUSEUM
BASILICA MINORE DEL STO. NIñO
FO GUANG SHAN CHU UN TEMPLE
ST. THERESA’S COLLEGE
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Osmeña Bridge
A. C. Cortes Ave.
A. Soriano Ave.
M. L. Quezon National Hwy
POBLACION PLAZA IN
LAPU-LAPU
MANDAUE CITY
PLAZA
TALISAY CITY HALL
ALIñO BROTHERS MONUMENT
Cebu South Coastal Rd.
Rizal
Uldog St.
Route 1
Route 2
Route 3
Route 4
City Walk
Route 5
Route 6
Route 7
Route 8
Tartanilla
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CHAPEL OF SAN PEDRO CALUNGSOD
TALISAY SRP
MANDAUE
LAPU-LAPU
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B. M. Dimataga St.
Lopez-Jaena St.
to SRP
to Ceb
u City
to Cebu City
to Ta
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Legaspi St.
CEBU CITY HALL
MUSEOPARIAN SA SUGBO
FORT SAN PEDRO
IFI CATHEDRAL
JRG HALAD MUSEUM
VECO BLDG.
PLAZA PARIAN
UNIVERSITY OF THE VISAYAS
USPF REZALIANA MUSEUM
CEBU METROPOLITAN
CATHEDRAL
SUGBO CHINESE HERITAGE MUSEUM
CASA GORORDO MUSEUM
CATHEDRAL MUSEUM
BASILICA MINORE DEL STO. NIñO
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Junquera St.
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Colon St.
Route 1
Route 2
Route 3
Route 4
Route 5
Route 7
City Walk
Tartanilla
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FORT SAN PEDRORoutes 2, 3, 5,
7, Tartanilla
SUGBU CHINESE HERITAGE MUSEUM
Routes 2, 7, Tartanilla
CEBU CITy HAllRoutes 2, 7
vECO BUIlDINGRoute 2
BASIlICA MINORE DEl STO. NIñORoutes 2
jRG HAlAD MUSEUMRoutes 2, 3
SHAMROCkWalk to USPF Rizaliana Museum, Cathedral Museum and Parian area
FO GUANG SHAN CHU UN TEMPlE
Route 4
SAN NICOlAS DE TOlENTINO PARISH CHURCH
Route 1
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Route 2
SUGBU CHINESE HERITAGE MUSEUMRoutes 1, 7, Tartanilla
vECO BUIlDINGRoute 1
BASIlICA MINORE DEl STO. NIñORoutes 1
jRG HAlAD MUSEUMRoutes 1, 3
UNIvERSITy OF THE vISAyASWalk to Parian area
CEBU CITy MUSEUM
Route 4
CAPITOl BUIlDING
Route 4
MUSEO SUGBORoutes 3, 5
NSORoutes 3, 5, Walk to
Casa Gorordo Museum
UCCP- BRADFORD MEMORIAl
CHAPEl
CAP
CEBU CITy HAllRoutes 1, 7
FORT SAN PEDRORoutes 1, 3, 5,
7, Tartanilla
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ST. THERESA’S COllEGE
jRG HAlAD MUSEUMRoutes 1, 2
UNIvERSITy OF THE vISAyAS
Walk to Parian area
NSORoutes 2, 5, Walk to Casa Gorordo Museum
ARCHDIOCESAN MUSEUM OF CEBU
SACRED HEART PARISH CHURCH
FORT SAN PEDRORoutes 1, 2, 5,
7, Tartanilla
MUSEO SUGBORoutes 2, 5
CORNER BAllESTEROSWalk to Casa Gorordo
Route 3
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Route 4 FO GUANG SHAN CHU UN TEMPlE
Route 1
FUENTE OSMEñAWalk to CAP
CEBU CITy MUSEUMRoute 2
CAPITOl BUIlDINGRoute 2
UNIvERSITy OF THE PHIlIPPINES-CEBU
ANTHIll FABRIC GAllERy
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Route 5FORT SAN PEDRO
Routes 1, 2, 3, 7, Tartanilla
NSORoutes 2, 3, Walk to Casa Gorordo Museum
MANDAUE CITy PlAzARoute 6, Walk to Mandaue City Presidencia, National Shrine of St. Joseph Church
MUSEO SUGBORoutes 2, 3
Route 6MANDAUE CITy PlAzA
Route 5
POBlACION PlAzA AT OPON, lAPU-lAPU CITyRoute 5
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Route 7FORT SAN PEDRO
Routes 1, 2, 3, 5, Tartanilla
SUGBU CHINESE HERITAGE MUSEUMRoutes 1, 2, Tartanilla
CHAPEl OF SAN PEDRO CAlUNGSODRoutes 8
CEBU CITy HAllRoutes 1, 2
NATIONAl HISTORIC SHRINE lIBERATION MONUMENT
Route 8
CHAPEl OF SAN PEDRO CAlUNGSOD
Routes 7
TRES AlIñOS MONUMENTWalk to National Historic Shrine Liberation Monument, Sta. Teresa de Avila Church
MUSEO DE TAlISAy
TAlISAy CITy HAll
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aNtHIll Fabric Gallery
Annie Tan Lim and her daughter Anya conceptualized a business that would cater to the upscale
market while also helping local communities, and this would be realized when the ANTHILL Fabric Gallery opened shop on February 6, 2010.
The first creative social and cultural enterprise in Metro Cebu celebrating a communal spirit among Filipino artisans, ANTHILL, which stands for (Alternative Nest and Trading/Training Hub for Indigenous/Ingenious Little Livelihood seekers), brings into one nest ingenuity, fashion, culture, advocacy, and art, showcasing Filipino hand-loomed fabrics and their contemporary application to everyday essentials.
Its choice cloths include hand-woven indigenous fabrics and a selection of printed fabrics in limited cuts. It has an Indie Workers Trail, which supports the livelihood of women weavers who are members of indigenous tribes who handloom fiber from tropical crops and expertly transform it into vibrant fabrics with intricate patterns. It also has a Fabric Sugar Rush corner, which showcases an array of special fabrics -- a collection of rare prints, vintage prints, and notable classic plains. The Colony is a section of ANTHILL that allows young entrepreneurs to display their artistic products, such as accessories made of rolled papers and clothes designed by student designers, in order to encourage them to start their own
businesses.
ANTHILL supports and establishes community-weaving enterprises to promote and preserve homegrown skills and living traditions, and enable the appreciation and transmission of Filipino weaving culture to the younger generations through business development, product design and innovation, and market access. In this hub, fabric is more than just an ingredient to fashion. It is a way of life. It is where culture meets style.
Pedro Calomarde St. corner Acacia St. Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City | Contact number: (032) 505 4175
PROGRAM6:00 p.m. – 12 m.n.Tours and Midnight Craft Fair
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PROGRAMTour
EXHIBITPhoto Exhibit: An Exhibit of the Past International Eucharistic Congress Memorabilia
The Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu, opened in November 2006 as the Cathedral Museum of Cebu, is the
ecclesiastical museum of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu. As such, its focus is regional Church architecture and artifacts. Many of the items on display are from the Spanish colonial times. These are housed in a building which is in itself a museum piece; the building was one of the few extant structures in downtown Cebu City that was totally spared from the ravages of World War II. It also survived uninformed renovators and the natural elements.
Built in the early 19th century, the building was first the parish convent of the Cathedral, then a school of the University of San Carlos, then a cooperative store, and even a temporary chapel during the renovation of the Cathedral. In the museum is a memorial chapel exhibiting a collection from the parish of Carmen, Cebu that includes
a tabernacle, gradas, and altar panels made of wood encased in etched silver. The memorial chapel is also frequently used for special exhibitions. Six galleries are on the upper floor: one of photographs and illustrations depicting the growth of the Catholic faith in the island; a second keeping the memorabilia of Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, who resided in the convent as parish priest of the Cathedral, with prayer books, notebooks, and a sample ballot used in the election of a pope, as well as a cardinal’s ring given to him by his predecessor, Cardinal Julio Rosales, and the vestments he used during his Episcopal ordination, his elevation to the cardinalate; a third showing how churches were constructed in the Spanish era through photographs as well as actual building materials used; a fourth gallery on a gathering of saints, whose statues come from various parishes, including one of St. Joseph at his deathbed; a fifth displaying chalices
and ciboria, priestly vestments and other accoutrements of the liturgy of the Mass and the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church; and the last being a sample bedroom of a priest.
The museum showcases Cebu’s heritage as one of the oldest dioceses and the largest—at one time—in Asia. The more liberal stance of the Church in Cebu is reflected in its offering of the Museum building as venue for non-religious activities such as cultural programs: poetry readings, book launchings, and exhibits.
archdiocesan Museum of CebuMabini St. cor. Urdaneta St., Señor Sto. Niño, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 412-3455
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archdiocesan shrine of the sacred Heart Parish –– alternative Contemporary arts studioD. Jakosalem St., Cogon Central Ramos, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 253-6479
PROGRAMFree Chinese food tasting courtesy of Amy’s Lunchbox Cafe
EXHIBITInteractive exhibit Five identified key people in the beginnings of the Parish story will be impersonated. Guests are invited to give their contact details and write a message of what moved or struck them in the exhibit. Best message will be chosen after the exhibit and the winner will be informed to claim prize. Prize for Best Message is a copy of the coffee table book “Years of Enkindling Hearts: Sacred Heart Parish, Cebu,” winner of the Philippine Quill Award of Excellence for Publication Design 2014.
Originally dedicated to Our Lady Queen of China, Sacred Heart Parish-Jesuit was founded
in 1952 for the Chinese community in Cebu. The parish has its own Alternative Contemporary Arts Studio, which exhibits works of Cebuano contemporary visual artists. The parish was first known as Our Lady of China Parish to honor the “Our Lady of China,” which explains why it was built primarily by Chinese Catholics in Cebu. The church structure has unique arches surrounded by well-tended gardens. The curve design at its top, where the huge image of Christ and the Sacred Heart are, never fails to catch the eye of parishioners and passersby alike.
The Sacred Heart Church, whose official name is the Archdiocesan
Shrine of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, was finished in 1960 using donations from parishioners who were mostly Chinese. Its erection marked the return of the Jesuits to Cebu in their official capacity as missionaries. The Jesuits, it must be recalled, were expelled from the Philippines in the mid- 1700s and their properties confiscated in favor of the Diocese of Cebu.
The modernistic Sacred Heart Parish Church sits on land that adjoins the Archbishop’s Palace and grounds after it was moved there from downtown Cebu City. Sacred Heart Church has a special ministry for Cebu City’s vibrant Chinese-Filipino Community many of whom lived in the area in the 1950s.
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Upon the orders of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, with the guidance of the Augustinian father Andres
Urdaneta, there would stand in El Ciudad de Santissimo Nombre de Jesus – the city of Cebu, as it was called then – the island’s first church. In honor of the Miraculous Image of the Sto. Niño, the church was built on the site where the image was found in 1565. Destroyed
by fire in 1568, the church was rebuilt in 1602 and rehabilitated in 1740. On April 1,1965, Pope Paul VI elevated the Sto.Niño Church into a basilica minore, in time for the fourth centennial celebration of the Christianization of Cebu. Every third Sunday of January, the city and the entire country celebrate the Feast of the Christ Child with the Sinulog, a festival with as much color as spirit.
Basilica Minore del santo NiñoPres.Osmeña Blvd.
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Casa Gorordo MuseumLopez Jaena St., Tinago, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 418-7234 loc. 703
The Casa Gorordo Museum is a historic house museum showcasing 19th century Cebuano-Filipino
lifestyle. It was built in 1850 by Alejandro Reynes, and bought in 1863 by Juan Isidro de Gorordo, a businessman from Vizcaya, Spain. Four generations of the Gorordo family lived here. Juan Isidro de Gorordo would get married to Telesfora Garces, a member of a Chinese mestizo family. And one of their six children was Juan Bautista Gorordo, the first Filipino bishop of the Diocese of Cebu.
Like other stone houses of the area, Casa Gorordo then had a large zaguan on the ground floor, where products from the Gorordo farm like sugar,
corn, and fruits were kept. A common practice of the religious families of Parian was to keep the images and busts of the saints resting in the zaguan while waiting for the next fiesta and procession. Other practices of the Gorordo family are still being observed today, like the celebration of the feast of St. John the Baptist on June 24, and the reenactment of the Sinúg, a prayer-dance dedicated to the Sto. Niño which preserves the original performance style of the Diola family.
The current structure was a result of two major restorations, the first being done from 1980-1983 and the second in 2005. Another restoration was done
from 2014 to 2015.
Managed by the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc.–Culture & Heritage Unit, the museum was declared a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Institute on September 24, 1991.
PROGRAMTemporary exhibit and Film showing at EADSC Bldg.
CHIlDREN’S ACTIvITyStorytelling (Storybook Series) by “I see Philippines”
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The Cebu City Museum is housed in an old neo-classic building that, like UP-Cebu and Vision
theater, was constructed by Engineer Agustin Jereza. It was completed in the 1930s as a monument to the national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Thus, the building is known as the Rizal Museum and Library, with the Museum on the second floor and the library on the ground floor. The offices of two commissions of Cebu City are also on the second floor: the Commission of Tourism and the Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission (CHAC).
The idea to build it came from the public librarian of the time, Mrs. Flavia Suson Muaña. Her idea received
support from Jose “Pepe” Nolasco, the impresario of the long-running and wildly successful Cebu Petit Carnival. Nolasco organized a fundraising campaign for the construction of the building, a worthy addition to Cebu City’s emerging landscape.
Managed by the CHAC, the museum features works of known and up-and-coming visual artists in Cebu. Part of its permanent collection is a set of paintings depicting the history of Cebu City. With the impending transfer of the library to its own building, the museum will have more room for exhibits. The third floor, called the Sinulog Hall, generally serves as venue for cultural events sponsored by the City government.
Cebu City MuseumOsmeña Blvd., Capitol Site, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 412-3455
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Chapel of san Pedro Calungsod
The Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod is the first structure in the SM Seaside Complex,
echoing a practice during Spanish times when towns would be built around a church. The Chapel was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sy, Sr. to the Archdiocese of Cebu, and is dedicated to San Pedro Calungsod, the first Visayan saint, who is considered a role model for the youth. Martyred in Guam for his missionary work in 1672, he was beatified by Blessed Pope John Paul II on March 5, 2000. San Pedro Calungsod was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Oct. 21.
Designed by US-based Architect Carlos Arnaiz, the chapel can
accommodate up to 800 people and sits on an elevated 5,001 square-meter-lot within the SM Seaside Complex. The design for the chapel is meant as homage to Cebu’s dynamic spirit. The chapel has 100 walls, each with a unique height and width so that they seem almost like people. No two are the same and yet they are all connected in the fact that they exist together as a cluster. The walls come together to form a kind of congregation, and within it are auxillary spaces for a baptistry, an adoration chapel, prayer niches, the sacristy, 14 stations of the cross, and even a quiet room for children. A multipurpose area for church functions is located below.
This contemporary piece of
architecture attests to Cebu’s becoming the heart of Philippine design culture—open, vibrant, yet relaxing in a spirit of cosmopolitan exchange. The building is grounded on a long history of ecclesiastical architecture wherein light and structure work together to inspire. And yet, the design is truly contemporary, futuristic, and contextual.
SM Seaside Complex, South Road Properties, Cebu City
PROGRAM6:00 p.m.Powerpoint PresentationRendition of liturgical and other appropriate songs (Brothers of Pedro Calungsod Choir)
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Don sergio osmeña sr. Memorabilia and CaP art GalleryOsmeña Blvd., Sambag II, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 416-4932
When Don Sergio Osmeña, second president and the only Cebuano president of
the Philippines, retired to Cebu after an honored career as politician and statesman, he moved together with his second wife, Doña Esperanza Limjap of Binondo, into the house along Jones Avenue, now Osmeña Boulevard. He lived here until his death on October 19, 1961.
The house and grounds have the
American Tropical Design. The house has a private elevator that used to carry the aging president from the ground to the second floor. The modesty of the house as compared to those owned, for example, by the Borromeos, the Villalons, and the Gil Garcias, speaks of the Cebuano ideal of living “in low key.”
The personal belongings of Don Sergio are on display here as well as the art collection of the College
Assurance Plan, which bought the house. The memorabilia includes some old Bentwood furniture, photographs, and a magnificent touring black Cadillac that the president used in his lifetime.
PROGRAM6:00 p.m. - 12:00 m.n. Video Presentation
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Fo Guang shan Chu un temple
There are many temples in Cebu City built by the Chinese immigrants. One of them is
the Fo Guang Shan Chu Un Temple located along V. Rama St. (Fo Guang Shan literally means Buddha’s Light Mountain while Chu Un means compassion and gratitude.) The Chu Un Buddhist Temple is one of the branches of the worldwide Sangha of Fo Guang Shan based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It stands at V. Rama Avenue, a religious complex constructed in 1988 by Paterno Luym Sr. to honor his mother, who was a devout Buddhist.
Three buildings of the temple lie on 1.8 hectares of sloping land: Kuan Yin Shrine, Bamboo Garden Dining Hall, and Di Zhang Shrine. In March 1989, Venerable Tze Rung came from Taiwan to administer Chu Un as its first
Abbess. In 1990 the late Head Abbot Venerable Hsin Ping led a group of disciples to perform the purification ceremony of the Kuan Yin Shrine (The Great Mercy Hall). The third floor of this building is the tea room or conference hall. Also here is the Ludo and Luym Family Memorial Hall. The second floor is for praying for the deceased. Here is found the temple’s columbarium and the statue of Amitabha Buddha of the Pure Land.
This temple, which attracts crowds around the Chinese Lunar New Year, attests to the growing diversity of religious followers in the City. It has offered religious, educational, and cultural activities for the past 20 years. For example, the temple gives bundles of joy to the neighbors every Christmas. They have since also
included activities every first Sunday of the month to encourage interaction between the temple and its neighbors in the barangay. A teacher or master will teach them good grooming, how to set a table, flower arranging, taichi, meditation and to follow the three acts of goodness: Do good deeds, speak good words, and think good thoughts. They have also conducted medical and dental missions for the barangay.
V. Rama St., Calamba, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 253-8144
PROGRAM6:00 p.m.Opening PrayerSiddhartha Musical ExcerptChinese Cultural PresentationBuddha BathingTea CeremonyChinese Calligraphy
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Fort san PedroSan Roque, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 416-7080
Built in 1565 under the orders of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, the first governor of Cebu, Fort
San Pedro is the oldest and smallest triangular-shaped fort in the Philippines. It was constructed out of logs and hard clay and was named after the ship “San Pedro” that bore Legazpi’s flag on his way to the islands. It served as the first settlement of the Spaniards in the Philippines, and as defense against the hostile natives and the Muslim pirates. Its structure was converted to coral stone in the 1700s.
The fort served many functions as the years rolled by. During the revolution against Spain, many of the prominent citizens and the Spanish governor himself sought refuge here
from the mob that attacked the city. Under American rule, it was a camp for soldiers from 1937 to 1941; it was also a school for the locals until 1943. It was used for defense by the Japanese in World War II and when they left, it housed many prisoners. During the War for Liberation, it served as a hospital, and after the war, was again a camp until 1950. In 1950 the Cebu Garden Club made a miniature garden in it, while the upper part served as offices of various government agencies. In 1957, the inner yard became a zoo managed by the Lamplighter group. It needed some rearrangement and repair by 1968, so the old stone squares were replaced with coral stones from the sea.
Today, under the management of the Cebu City Government, Fort San Pedro is a museum-park with exhibits of artifacts from the Spanish period like documents, paintings, sculptures, weapons, canyons, helmets, and porcelain of various sizes. The National Museum also displayed here the underwater finds from the galleon “San Diego” that was lost in the Visayan Sea and which was said to have been built in Cebu as part of the famous Galleon Trade. These finds are now in the Museo Sugbo.
PROGRAM6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.Musical Show
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Iglesia Filipina Independiente–Cathedral of the sto. Niño49 A. Mabini St., Tinago, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 413-1502
The Philippine Independent Church, also known as the Aglipay Church after its first
head Fr. Gregorio Aglipay, emerged as an offshoot of the revolution against Spain. Both Fr. Aglipay and Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo visited the church in 1903 when its construction began.
The Cathedral at Cebu is on Mabini Street (formerly Calle Maria Cristina) in Cebu City’s old Parian District, on land donated by the prominent Cebuano
statesman Vicente Sotto. Despite a fire that struck the century-old church, the congregation was able to set aside marriage, burial, and baptismal records dating back to the 1920s. Life-size religious images of Mater Dolorosa and the crucified Christ that are over 100 years old remain well-preserved.
The IFI Cathedral of the Holy Child is the seat of a Diocese which administered believers in Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Masbate, and Mindanao
before the outbreak of World War II. Its first bishop, Rt. Rev. Jose Evangelista, served from 1904 to 1917. The virtuoso poet of the Sugbuanon language, Rt. Rev. Fernando Buyser, also served as bishop of the Diocese from 1931 to 1945.
PERMANENT EXHIBITPhotos of old documents and forefathers and members.
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Jose R. Gullas Halad MuseumD. Jakosalem St. cor. V. Gullas St., Señor Sto. Niño, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 268-2579
The JRG Halad Museum pays homage to the musical heritage of Cebu. It showcases works of
Cebuano and Visayan musical legends of the 20th century like Ben Zubiri, Vicente Rubi, Domingo Lopez, and Pilita Corrales. It lies on land that was the former home of famed Cebuano philanthropist Lady Josefina Rivera Vda. De Gullas. Her son, Jose “Dodong” R. Gullas (JRG), who credits his parents and grandparents for his love of Cebuano culture in general, founded the museum. It would be inaugurated on January 12, 2010 and opened to the public on February 2, 2010.
More than a cultural attraction, the JRG Halad Museum has made aggressive efforts in preserving music,
renewing appreciation, and deepening learning of Cebu’s musical past. By bringing together memorabilia of Cebuano composers and artists, these works and artifacts celebrate the imaginative Visayan folk life and language. The artifacts are mostly musical scores, instruments, records, and personal items donated by Cebuano artists and several performers and their heirs. The instruments do not lie idle in shelves, but guests are invited to actually play them.
The revamped and completed Halad Museum was opened to the public in June 13, 2011 with more musical pieces on exhibit. The museum features three galleries dedicated to Cebuano music, the founder’s gallery,
and Kinaiyang Sugbuanon (Cebuano cultural traditions), and the founder’s gallery. The Kinaiyang Sugbuanon section showcases the Cebuano traditions over time including life-cycle events, popular practices and expressions of religiosity in the different artworks depicted.
On June 22, 2011, the Cebu City Council, through a resolution, commended Jose R. Gullas for his efforts to help preserve Cebu’s musical and cultural heritage through the Halad Museum.
PROGRAMPermanent Exhibit
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Magellan’s CrossMagallanes St., Cebu City
In search of the Moluccas, Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan instead found Cebu. His unintended arrival
was a godsend, nonetheless; planting the cross on local soil in April 14, 1521, Magellan sowed the seed of Christianity this side of the world. Here too, the first Christian Filipinos, Rajah Humabon
and Queen Juana, and 400 followers or thereabouts were baptized by Fr. Pedro Valderama. The first European to set foot on Cebu, Magellan would leave a mark that, over time, would prove indelible. The cross he planted is enshrined on a street that bears his name.
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Museo Parian - 1730 Jesuit HouseZulueta St., Tinago, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 255-5408
The Museo Parian could be the oldest ‘dated’ house in the Philippines, with the date ‘Ano
1739’ clearly etched on top of a doorway. This house was built by Chinese artisans to serve as headquarters for the Jesuit Missionaries before they were expelled from the Spanish territories. It survived fires and bombings during World War II when it was used as headquarters of the USAFFE (United States Armed Forces in the Far East).
Like the Casa Gorordo and the Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House, Museo Parian gives a glimpse of how important members of society in Cebu lived during the 18th century. The house has passed down to different owners and received add-ons like lattices and louvers, grilled windows with snaps and rivets. A piece of the coated wall which chipped off shows a 1946 Los Angeles daily.
The 1730 Jesuit House is a huge stone-and-tile mansion bordered by Zulueta and Binakayan streets on a lot in old Panting, adjacent to Parian. It is said that the house was bought around
1910 by Don Luis Alvarez y Diaz. The earlier owner could have been a Spaniard working for the Tabacalera company, perhaps Don Cristobal Garcia. In the 1960s, the house was leased to an Alvarez kin, Peping Rodriguez, for use as a club. Within the decade it again changed hands – with the Sy family as the owners. The old Jesuit house was found inside a warehouse. Nicanor Sy, the owner, realized that there was more to the house than just being part of the warehouse. Together with Architect Anthony Abelgas, he worked on its restoration and conversion into a museum.
The ground floor is now called Sugbo Gallery, showcasing maps of old Cebu and old photos of Cebu. As museum, the house displays some relics belonging to the old Jesuit house it now occupies, like pieces of porcelain, ceramic, and pottery that were found while rehabilitating its foundation and said to date back to the 1580s-1640s. There is also an incomplete set of teacups, with only the top of the kettle along with them. Coins buried under the pillars, an old practice, are also on display. One is an old
Chinese minted during the Emperor Wan Li’s Reign, further strengthening the fact of Chinese settlement in Parian during the 16th and 17th centuries.
PROGRAMCultural Presentation (song and dance)
EXHIBITLarsian barbeque
PERMANENT EXHIBITSThe San Juan Bautista gallery features the history of the old town church of Parian which was said to be the “most opulent church in Cebu.”The Parian Gallery showcases the important events and artifacts that shaped Cebu history in particular and the Philippines in general.The Jesuit Gallery is about the History of the Society of Jesus and the Jesuit Missions in the Philippines and in the Visayas.The House proper showcases the evolution and mix of architecture and lifestyle of the different occupants all through the years of the House.
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Museo sugboM.J. Cuenco Ave., Tejero, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 239-5626
The Museo Sugbo, formerly the Cebu Provincial Jail, sits on land northward of the city
where cemeteries, the leprosaria, and institutions of confinement were once placed. Built in the Spanish period, much of the structure came from coral stone blocks from the demolished Parian Church. Designed in 1869 by Domingo de Escondrillas, the lone architect in Cebu at the time, the Cárcel de Cebú was originally proposed as the Cárcel del Distrito, the main prison for the Visayas District. This accounts for its relatively large size at the time it was built.
After twenty years of use, a renovation was ordered in 1892, which added more buildings behind the main structure that now serves as the first six galleries of the museum. During the Revolution, many of the Katipuneros
were incarcerated here without trial and executed in nearby Carreta Cemetery. During the early years of the American period, the Cárcel served as a stable for horses competing in the Hipódromo nearby. But it was eventually used once again as a prison, both for the city and the province. The second story of the main building was probably added during the American colonial period. During the Japanese Occupation, guerrillas were imprisoned here after enduring torture under the hands of the Kempei-Tei, the Japanese secret police. After the war, many of the collaborators in Cebu were also imprisoned here. From the 1950s to 1976, the front section of the Cárcel served as the city jail, while the three structures behind were used as the provincial jail. In the 1980s, the name Cebu Provincial Jail was changed to Cebu Provincial
Detention and Rehabilitation Center.
This repository of Cebuano and Philippine Heritage, a brainchild of former Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, was inaugurated on August 5, 2008. The largest museum in the Province of Cebu, it has 14 galleries that trace Cebu’s history from the pre-colonial up to the Japanese periods. Among its galleries are The Pre-Colonial Gallery, The Spanish Colonial Gallery, The Katipunan Revolution and the American Colonial Gallery, The War Memorial Gallery, Gregorio & Jovito Abellana Special Exhibition, Sen. Vicente Rama Special Exhibition, and the Cebu Journalism and Journalists Gallery. Also found here are the regional branches of the national Museum of the Philippines and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.
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Plaza ParianMabini St., Parian, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 416-1600
At the center of the Parian district was Plaza Parian and the massive Parian Church known
as the Iglesia de San Juan Bautista, which was suppressed and destroyed in the 1870s. A number of stone, tile, and wood principalia residences were gathered around the Parian Plaza, such as those of the Cui, Gandionco, Del Mar, Garces, Sanson, Villa, Rodriguez, and Avila families.
It was here that the Junta Popular of the Republic under Luis Flores was established on January 10, 1899. When the Americans occupied Cebu in the same year, it was converted into a telegraph office. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the area also had a schoolhouse and, later, the building which housed the newly-established Cebu Fire Department
and, in 1918, the Cebu Public Library. The triangular plaza was for long the venue of a theatrical performance by life-size marionettes depicting the life of St. John the Baptist to the time of his execution by decapitation. Year after year, till the 1970s, the decapitation scene with its fake blood and gore drew applause from its huge audience.
Today the plaza is fenced off as it is the site of the Heritage of Cebu Monument. A sculpted tableau in large scale, it features the significant and symbolic events in local history, from the time of Rajah Humabon to the fairly recent beatification of Cebuano martyr Pedro Calungsod. Conceptualized in 1996 by then Mayor Alvin Garcia and national artist Edgardo Castrillo, the commissioned work started in earnest the following year. Castrillo rested the
chisel on December 8, 2000 for the inauguration of the millennial monument.
PROGRAMHeritage ShowThe communities of Aboitizland will be showcasing their role and contribution to Cebu’s heritage and culture.
FOOD FESTIvAlRelish the best of local cuisine prepared by Aboitizland’s partner communities.
EXHIBITSKabag-uhan: Now and Then Photo ExhibitShowcases photographs (mounted at their exact location in the present) of Cebu’s historic landscape from the collection of AboitizLand’s CEO, Andoni Aboitiz
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san Nicolas de tolentino Parish ChurchTupas St., San Nicolas, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 261-0849
The 1584 San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish is one of the oldest in the Philippines, years ahead of the
establishment of the Cebu Diocese in 1595. Located some 1.5 km south of the ciudad, it was called Cebu Viejo, separated from the ciudad by the Pagina creek and El Pardo. It is considered the original site of the landing of Legaspi’s armada on 27 April 1565 and became the embryo of a settlement, which Legaspi established and named San Miguel. San Nicolas was a vibrant town during the Spanish Period, the spawning ground for the Revolution against Spain in 1898, and the birthplace of Cebuano musical legends of the 20th century. It was merged with Cebu City on 17 April, 1901.
The church was constructed according to the ancient arrangement of pintakasi wherein the faithful under the
command of the Gobernadorcillo and the direction of the Cura Parroco worked voluntarily or contributed money for materials or in kind for the sustenance of the workers. A belfry 34 meters high was constructed until 1812. A parochial house was built in 1814 and finished in 1825. A clock was placed upon it in 1850. The church suffered great destruction and damage on account of a storm in October 15, 1912 and an earthquake in February 29, 1922. Except for an original wall facing Lakandula St., the church was obliterated during an American air raid in WWII.
What sets San Nicolas church apart is the multi-colored tile mosaic created by respected sculptor Fidel Araneta, made of tiles imported from Italy, when the church was rebuilt after the war. The church used to host a Flores de Mayo
that bested the one at the Cathedral. Its parishioners, like the Abellas and Abellanas among others, claim close descent from Tupas, the ancient “King of Cebu.” Today, the church hosts the Kaplag festival, which celebrates the discovery of the image of the Holy Child by Juan Camus, who was part of the Legazpi expedition. It also reenacts the baptism of Rajah Tupas on March 21, 1567 at the age of 60.
PROGRAM4:00 p.m. - Butterfly Art Workshop for Kids by Vic AbellanaArnis Demo by Doce Pares5:00 p.m. - Flores de Mayo6:30 p.m. - Viewing of Exhibits8:00 p.m. - Mini-concert c/o Music Ministry
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st. theresa’s College – Folklife MuseumRamon Aboitiz St., Kamputhaw, Cebu City
The museum is housed in a college that has given Cebu City one of the best education for women
beginning in the 1940s, when it was managed by the Belgian nuns who had great success at St. Catherine’s College in Carcar, Southern Cebu. One of its distinguished alumna was Lourdes Reynes-Quisumbing, who became education minister for the Philippines.
This outstanding education flowered from the classroom level like
the classes of folklorist Sister Ma. Delia Coronel ICM in the 1950s onwards that laid the foundation of its current Folklife Museum ––– a case of a class project that bore fruit to become part of Cebu City’s cultural landscape.
The museum brings to life features of the Cebuano lifestyle before, during, and after the Spanish period, and the artifacts of the Asian countries that have had trade relationships with the Philippines. The collection consists
of items donated by Sr. Delia and her students in History, including rare religious icons, works of native artisans saved from the ravages of war and natural calamities from altars of devotees of the Sto. Niño, the Virgin Mary, and the Passion of Christ. Outside of the Christian content, it also holds the Maranao Darangen Epic of Mindanao, now recognized by UNESCO as a great Filipino Epic. The Mindanao Lumad Collection is complemented by the paintings of local artist Manuel Pañares.
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the FreemanPhilippine STAR Bldg., V. Gullas corner D. Jakosalem Sts., Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 255 0927
The Freeman, founded by legal eagle Paulino Arandia Gullas, first saw print on May 10, 1919.
The succeeding years witnessed The Freeman making its weight felt in the consciousness of its readers.
At the onset of the 20th century, Cebu had become the main center of publishing efforts by enterprising journalists. The first decade saw the birth of El Nuevo Dia of Don Sergio Osmeña; La Justicia and El Nacional, both shortlived newspaper of Vicente Sotto; El Precursor of Mariano Jesus Cuenco; La Revolution of Felimon Sotto and Nueva Fuerza of Vicente
Rama. Besides these, there were many others which lasted only a few months or a few years. The maiden issue of The Freeman marked the birth of another newspaper in Cebu.
Gullas bought a printing press and hired local technicians to operate the machines. The paper’s office and printing press were situated first at P. Lopez corner Colon Streets, and later at Juan Luna corner Colon street.
The Freeman’s maiden issue consisted of 16 pages, 12 in English and four in Visayan. In 1931, the newspaper’s name was slightly altered
into Ang Freeman.
The Freeman shuttered during World War II. Later after the war, in the mid-60s, a Gullas scion would bring it back to life. Jose “Dodong” Gullas revived The Freeman after getting permission from the widow of its founder.
The Freeman has been a partner of The STAR Group of Publications since 2004.
PROGRAM6:00 – 12:00 p.m. Viewing of Exhibits
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united Church of Christ of the Philippines – Bradford Memorial ChapelOsmeña Blvd., Sta. Cruz, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 255-1265
The Bradford Chapel along Osmeña Boulevard is the oldest Presbyterian church in Cebu,
recently celebrating its first 100 years. Its establishment marked an important milestone in the religious history of the province. Currently it is the only protestant church in Cebu designated by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines as a national historical Landmark.
It was built in 1913, which marked the growth of Protestantism in Cebu. Of interest is the chapel’s “Bradford Bell,” which came all the way from England. The chapel is named after Matilda L. Bradford and is managed by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, along with a more modern and bigger church at the back and, flanking it at both sides, the Visayas Community Medical Center and the Bradford
Christian School.
Its location along Jones Avenue is a testament to America’s cultural sensitivity towards the staunchly Catholic Cebuanos. By placing it away from the old city, Bradford became a focal point of the new American development without intruding on the old Spanish-built quarters.
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university of the Philippines Cebu Gorordo Ave., Lahug, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 233-4708
Established on May 3, 1918 – ten years after the founding of the University of the Philippines
in 1908 – UP Cebu’s first campus was located in Warwick Barracks (Ermita), then moved to Colon corner Jakosalem Sts., then to Fort San Pedro. The provincial government donated the site of the present campus in Lahug. It was inaugurated in 1929. The main building is neoclassic and the structure has a left and right wing divided by an entry hall. A basement entered through from the rear served as a garrison in World War II where some foreign residents of the city were kept. In 1951 UP Cebu had to be closed due to financial difficulties. After serving as
the campus for the Jesuit Berchmans College, it was reopened a decade later. By 1934 it was called the UP Junior College.
The main building is one of several constructed by Engineer Agustin Jereza, founder of the University of Southern Philippines (USP), along with the Rizal Museum and Library, Vision Theater and the buildings of USP at the Mabini campus.
The administration building of UP Cebu has seen modernization through the years but its structural integrity has remained as a visual proof of America’s enlightened
educational system through its open spaces and bias for symmetry.
PROGRAM5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Registration6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Larong Pinoy6:00 p.m. – 12:00 m.n.Picture Exhibit(Founding of UP Cebu)7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Balak/Balitaw Contest10:00 p.m. – 12:00 m.n.Audio-Visual Presentation —The Founding of UP CebuCultural Presentations
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university of southern Philippines Foundation – Rizaliana MuseumMabini St., Señor Sto. Niño, Cebu City | Contact number: (+63 32) 414-8773 local 214
The USPF-Rizaliana museum houses the largest collection of Jose Rizal memorabilia outside
of Luzon. It is located in USPF’s oldest campus in Mabini Street, right beside the Cathedral Museum. The collection occupies special significance since Rizal’s writings, which it includes, are credited to have fired the flames of nationalism that led to the Philippine Revolution of 1898.
The Rizaliana has pieces of the hero’s wardrobe, including undershirts, winter coats and breeches; sketches of his sisters; and most importantly – in a heroic life informed and directed by literary exercise – letters to his colleagues and friends, as well as all fourteen
postcards with the text of his poem “Mi Ultimo Adios” and an original K.K.K. flag.
How the collection got to Cebu in the first place is a vignette of social history. Rizal’s sister Lucia married Mariano Herbosa, and their granddaughter Concepcion Herbosa in turn married the late USPF vice-president Escolastico Duterte of Cebu and nephew of the university’s founders, Agustin and Beatriz Jereza. To further bind the ties, another Rizal descendant, Maria Montes Punsalan, married USPF’s fourth president, Oscar Jereza, Jr. With the connection in place, the memorabilia of Rizal was donated by his sister Trinidad to the university in February of 1951. In 1961, the Jose
Rizal Centennial Commission made the USPF Rizal Museum into Rizal’s National Shrine.
PROGRAMTheme: “Convergence of a Founding Vision: A Hero’s Vision and a Founder’s Mission”6:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. Opening Mass7:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m. Unveiling of Portraits8:30 p.m. -9:30 p.m. USPF Bidlisiw Dance Troupe & USPF Chorale Show9:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Film Showing (Documentary Film)10:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. USPF Bidlisiw Troupe & USPF Chorale (Finale Show)
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university of the VisayasCorner D. Jakosalem and Colon Sts., Cebu City, Philippines | Contact Number: (+63 32) 255-2561
The University of the Visayas, now an eight-campus, province-wide system of higher
education and lower level laboratory schools, was founded by Don Vicente Gullas in 1919 as the Visayan Institute (V.I.) in Cebu City.
The second World War razed to the ground the physical facilities of the V.I. at its original site. Undaunted by adversities, Don Vicente reopened classes in Argao, Cebu in 1946. A year later the V.I. moved back to its present
site in Colon Street, Cebu City.
In 1948, Visayan Institute was conferred university status and was renamed University of the Visayas. Since then the expansion in its baccalaureate and post graduate course offerings and in its physical facilities has been phenomenal.
As early as its founding, the V.I. had pioneered in education innovations to provide equal education opportunities for those who have the capability and the
desire for improving themselves. It was the first to conduct night school class for working students in Cebu City in the 1940s. The “study now pay later plan” had been a practice at the V.I. long before it was adopted by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) in the 1980s.
While it nurtures academic excellence, it also works for the enhancement of high level professions and middle-level careers relevant to community development and the socio-economic needs of the country.
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yap - sandiego ancestral House155 Mabini St. Parian, Cebu City
One of the oldest houses in the Philippines, the Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House was built
during the 17th century by Chinese merchants residing in Parian. This was the house of Maria Eleuterio and
Consolacion Yap. The eldest daughter, Maria Yap, later on married to Don Mariano Sandiego, a cabeza de barangay of Parian in the late 1880s. At present the ancestral house is in the custody of Mr. and Mrs. Val Sandiego.
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lapu-lapu Cityc/o Lapu-Lapu City Tourism Office | Contact number: (+63 32) 341-1644
Lapu-Lapu City is named after the native chieftain who successfully resisted a Spanish incursion into
Mactan led by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Augustinians friars founded the town of Opon – its former name – in 1730 and it would be chartered in 1961. The city’s old district retains many features of the Spanish-era poblacion.
Mactan Shrine remembers two figures in history whose paths would cross here. The monument of Lapu-Lapu, the first Filipino hero, stands tall, calling to mind the heroism that was larger than life. Here, the historic battle between the Mactan chieftain and the Portuguese explorer was waged on April 27, 1521. Magellan and his men had better size and better weapons, but Lapu-Lapu and his men had boundless courage.
Just across the street from Lapu-Lapu’s monument is the marker of Magellan. Before losing his life in the Battle of Mactan, Ferdinand Magellan, the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean, had been instrumental in the Cebuano crossing to the Catholic faith; ultimately, he is also credited with having played a singular role in making Cebu the Cradle of Christianity in the Far East. Erected in 1866, the Magellan Marker stands on the very spot where the great navigator breathed his last.
The city being the center of Mactan Island, formerly known for its American airbase, continues to attract visitors to the Birhen sa Regla Church, Muelle Osmeña, and General Milling Corporation. The 1970s saw the completion of the Mandaue-Mactan
bridge and the Mactan International airport, the second busiest airport in the Philippines, further boosting Lapu-Lapu’s importance to Cebu’s economy. A second bridge, the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, was later constructed in view of the growing number of commuters both local and outside Cebu. Lapu-Lapu City is classified as a first-class highly urbanized city today, with a population of 350,467 as of the 2010 survey, and is part of the Cebu Metropolitan Area.
Lapu-Lapu’s vanquishment of Magellan is commemorated by the crowd-drawing “Kadaugan” or Victory in Mactan every April.
PROGRAMTour and Reenactment (Mactan Shrine)
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Mandaue Cityc/o Mandaue City Tourism Office | Contact Number: (+63 32) 343-9091
While today known for its industrial character, Mandaue City has retained reminders of
its past from the Spanish and American Periods. Its historic plaza complex at the Centro provides a backdrop for heritage activities.
Mandaue was the old Mandaui or Mandavi of Spanish records and existed at the time of Magellan’s expedition in Cebu. It was then a vassal village to Rajah Humabon’s Sugbu ruled by a chieftain named Lambusan. In Spanish times it was part of the church-owned Hacienda de Mandaue. It had started off as a mission village (which included present day Consolacion, Liloan, and Poro) serving as a bulwark for the Church in northern Cebu and was managed by the Jesuits in 1638, then a century later by the Recollects. The Philippine revolution in 1898 gave the town a new form of administration in accordance
with the organic decree of the Central Revolutionary Government. The short-lived revolution was overthrown by the American troops and a battle nearly destroyed the town in 1901, killing Presidente Benito Ceniza.
Mandaue produced two Cebu governors and its presidencia (town hall) across the old stone church dedicated to St. Joseph is a symbol of those times when a small town like it produced great men like the Cabahug brothers, Sotero and Fructuoso. Mandaue became a chartered city on June 21, 1969, by which time Mandaue had become the local headquarters of such companies as San Miguel Corporation, Norkis Trading, CENAPRO, and Mandaue Timber Company (MATIMCO). Since then Mandaue has become Cebu City’s partner in progress, a highly urbanized city since 1991, and part of the Metropolitan Cebu Area.
PROGRAMPoints of Interest:1. Bantayan sa Hari2. 100-year-old Gabaldon Mandaue Central School (Drive Through)3. Heritage PlazaA. Mandaue Presidencia1.) Cultural Shows2.) “The Founding” of Mandaue (exhibit)3.) Justice Sotero Barte Cabahug – Mandaue Icon ExhibitB. National Shrine of St. Joseph1.) Centuries-old church: the National Shrine of St. Joseph2.) Senor de Cena/Relics of the 12 ApostlesC. Rizal-Bonifacio Memorial Stage and Library1.) Panoramic View of the Heritage Plaza at the RooftopD. Mandaue City Plaza1.) Cooking Demo and Food Tasting of Mandaue Delicacies2.) Garbo sa Mandaue (Pasalubong Center)3.) Silhig Making Demo4.) Panagtagbo Festival & Silhig Festival (Street Dancing)
Cars will be available at the City Plaza to transport tourists to and from the Bantayan sa Hari and Garbo sa Mandaue Pasalubong Center.
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talisay Cityc/o Museo de Talisay | Contact number: (+63 32) 406-4534
Talisay is part of the Cebu Metropolitan Area, a second class city with a population (from the
2010 census) of 200,772 people. It is known for its inasal baboy (roasted pig). Its name is taken from the magtalisay tree which is abundant in the city.
In 2000, the municipality of Talisay was converted into a city. The municipality is now linked to Cebu City via the new South Coastal Highway from Lawaan, opened in 2004, a 6-lane coastal highway from downtown Cebu City to the town of Minglanilla, with several exits in between, many of which are exits to several areas of Talisay City. Because of this highway, traffic has
been greatly reduced, making the city a popular zone for housing once more, as it was in the early ‘70s and ‘80s.
Away from the bustle of its commercial district, Talisay’s historic sites are tucked away comfortably in its old center. Here one can still encounter remnants of the city’s history from the Spanish Period up to World War II. Talisay City used to be part of the huge Talisay-Minglanilla Friar Estate run by the Augustinian Order. It produced sugarcane along with other agricultural crops. Its Spanish period church is a stone’s throw away from the landing of American liberation forces in Cebu in the 1940s, to which
a monument has been built. Talisay, a former beach resort town to the Baby Boom Generation, now enjoys cityhood status and is dubbed as “the gateway to Southern Cebu.”
PROGRAMPoints of Interesta. Museo de Talisay b. National Historic Shrine Liberation Monumentc. Archdiocesan Shrine of Sta. Teresa de Avila Parishd. New Talisay City Halle. Talisay City College f. Tres Aliños Monument
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Cebu City HallM.C. Briones St., Señor Sto. Niño, Cebu City
Originally a two-story structure made of limestone and hardwood, the City Hall was built by the Spanish Colonial Government in 1885 for the ayuntamiento (city council). In 1907, the City Hall was repaired and readied for the incoming presidentes municipales who would govern Cebu after approval of the Philippine bill permitting, for the first time, the administration of civil government by Filipinos.
Calamba CemeteryV. Rama Ave. Cebu City
One of the larger public cemeteries in Cebu, the Calamba Cemetery, has an impressive mortuary chapel that was built in 1863 and has arguably the most stylized skeleton relief of cemetery chapels in Cebu.
Featured sitesBPI Museum Buildingcorner Magallanes and P. Burgos streets, Cebu City
The BPI Museum, the first bank museum in Cebu City, was launched on September 5, 2011 at the BPI Cebu Main building, itself a piece of history, on the occasion of the bank's 160th anniversary. The Bank of the Philippine Islands Cebu Main building was declared a national historical landmark in 1991, and its national historical marker was unveiled in 2010. BPI Cebu Main branch opened in 1924, the third branch of BPI in the country.
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Cebu Metropolitan CathedralMabini Street, Cebu City
The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral took about a century to complete because of frequent interruptions. One of three dioceses created in 1595 (the other two being Nueva Segovia and Nueva Caceres), Cebu was raised to the status of archdiocese in 1934 with the dioceses of Calbayog, Jaro, Zamboanga, Bacolod, and Cagayan de Oro as suffragans. Despite its age and status, Cebu did not have a cathedral worthy of it for many decades. The first church was built in 1595 of wood, bamboo and thatch. Although stone walls were added, it was in a sorry state according to a 1667 report of Bp. Juan Lopez to the King of Spain. It took so long to finish the cathedral. Many persons were involved in its construction and many plans were also dedicated to its erection.
Estero de ParianParian, Cebu City
The Estero de Parian (the Estuary of Parian) used to be big enough for bancas to go through, which they did. But by the early 1900s it had gone to seed. Centuries ago, the Estero de Parian was wide and deep, its waters flowing constantly. Sailing vessels with merchandise from such exotic places as Siam, Arabia, and China navigated the waterway that snaked west to east, traversing three streets of Old Parian. The intrepid traders of that misty period must have transferred their goods to their own smaller junks which easily navigated the Estero de Parian for unloading close to Calle Colon and peripheral calles where the bigtime Chinese merchants conducted their brisk and profitable trading.
Colon StreetDowntown Area, Cebu City
Christopher Columbus could have gotten here earlier had his hope of seeing Asia not dashed by another maritime miscalculation. It was a noble gesture that the oldest street in the country should be named after Cristobal Colon, his Spanish name. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and his men constructed Calle Colon in 1565. At present, it is the hub of Downtown Cebu, a merry mix of moviehouses, restaurants, department stores, and other venues of commerce.
Cebu Normal UniversityOsmeña Blvd., Cebu City
The Cebu Normal School was a branch of the Philippine Normal School in Manila. Founded in 1915 as an adjunct to the Cebu Provincial High School, it did not become an institution of its own until 1924. During World War II, the building was used as a garrison of the Japanese Imperial Army and headquarters of the dreaded Kempeitai, or secret police. The classrooms were used as prison cells and torture chambers. Many Filipinos, soldiers and civilians alike, were imprisoned, tortured, and killed on its grounds. The Cebu Normal School became a chartered college in 1976 and a university in 1998.
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Fuente OsmeñaOsmeña Blvd., Cebu City
Named after the late Cebuano President Sergio Osmeña, Sr., this circular park with a central fountain is located in uptown Cebu. The pace in the park is a refreshing contrast to the pace outside it; while motorists are on rush-hour mode, skaters around the fountain take it slow, while others take a walk in the park. The fountain was constructed by E.J. Halsema in 1912.
Malacañang sa SugboA. Pigafetta st., Cebu City
The office and residence of the President of the Philippines in the southern part of the country dubbed as Malacañang sa Sugbo (Malacañang in Cebu) is the former Aduana or customs house which was designed by William E. Parsons and built in 1910 for the port of Cebu. It is located in Plaza Independencia near Fort San Pedro.
Oriente TheaterLegaspi St. Cebu City
Teatro Oriente used to be Teatro Junquera where plays, zarzuelas, and Italian operas were performed. Established by Inocencio Junquera, it was both a theater and a cinematograph located on Colon Street. It would later be owned by a Spanish named Pedro Royo, then by Leopoldo Falek and Pedro Rivera-Mir. Its final owner was Jose Avila, who owned a lot of theaters and cinemas in Cebu.
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Plaza HamabarMabini Street, Cebu City
The Plaza Hamabar is dedicated in honor of Rajah Humabon. It is located just in front of The Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu. Also known as Hamabar or Humabad, Datu Humabon was regarded as the ‘wisest and bravest man on the island’ of Sugbu (Cebu), the “king and lord over eight chieftains and over 2,000 lancers.” It was he whom Magellan met when he arrived in Cebu in 1521. His was a flourishing kingdom, whose jurisdiction extended over the whole island.
Plaza IndependenciaM.J.Cuenco Ave., Cebu City
Formerly called Plaza Libertad, Plaza Independencia is in memory of a man whose trademark was the landmark, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. Located between Fort San Pedro – which he built – and the building that used to house the old Gobierno Provincial, the Plaza has an obelisk of Legazpi, the first Spanish governor-general of the Philippines.
Port WarehousesNorth Reclaimation Area, Cebu City
Warehouses were built in the port area in 1929. Due to the booming industry that revolved around the port of Cebu about this time, many of these warehouses were built to accommodate the goods and cargo of different companies that engaged in trade that depended, in different degrees, to the shipping industry of Cebu.
Provincial Capitol BuildingOsmena Blvd., Cebu City
Visiting Americans could feel déjà vu as they near the west end of Osmeña Boulevard; the imposing Provincial Capitol Building does seem like the White House at first glance. Built in 1937 under the administration of Governor Sotero Cabahug, the beautiful building was, indeed, patterned after the elegant American edifice. It is the seat of the provincial government.
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Smith Bell & Company BuidingJose L. Briones St. Cebu City
The origins of Smith Bell & Company, Inc. date to 1838, when a young Scotsman named James Adam Smith was sent to the Philippines to look after the interest of Jardine Matheson & Company. In 1849, Smith Bell was appointed agents of Imperial Insurance Company, Ltd. Eleven years before it would be appointed as agents for Lloyd's of London in 1877, Smith Bell further expanded, opening its Cebu branch in 1866.
Shamrock Hotel/Compañia MaritimaQuezon Boulevard – between P. Burgos and Lapu-Lapu Streets
Popularly known as Compañia Maritima, this three-level building constructed in 1910 on reclaimed land at the port area is actually the Fernandez building, owned by Fernandez Hermanos Inc. and abandoned after it was bombed during World War II. It was occupied by the Shamrock Hotel during the pre-war years and was later leased by the Compania Maritima to house its corporate offices.
Sikatuna BridgeSikatuna St., Cebu City
In the Philippines, there are many infrastructures that are dedicated to local heroes. One of these is the Sikatuna bridge. Built to commemorate Sikatuna, a tribal chieftain who fought bloody skirmishes to reject Spanish subjugation, the bridge was constructed way back in 1920.
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Tojong Hospital P. Jakosalem St., Cebu City
The hospital was founded by multifaceted doctor-cum- patriot-cum-politician Dr. Leandro Tojong whose facility served as a maternity and general hospital. The style may be of an exuberant Philippine Art Deco, one of two buildings in downtown Cebu City with sculptures on it, the other being the famous Vision Theater on Colon Street.
Sugbu Chinese Heritage MuseumM.C. Briones St., Señor Sto. Niño, Cebu City
The Gotiaoco building near the City Hall is a 100-year-old neoclassical type representative of the building boom in the early decades of the American period. It was built as a commercial structure in 1914 by Chinese trader Don Pedro Gotiaoco (1856-1921), who was from Fukien Province in China. It sits on reclaimed land owned by the DENR and leased for 99 years. At the end of the lease, the building was declared by the Cebu Sangguniang Panglungsod as a local heritage site, specifically as the site of the Sugbu Chinese Heritage Museum (SCHM).
Tres de Abril Street and MonumentTres de Abril St., Cebu City
On April 3, 1898, at 3 p.m., the Katipuneros led by Leon Kilat fought the Spaniards. They proved victorious when the Spaniards were forced to retreat to Fort San Pedro at 5 p.m. A few days later, Spanish reinforcements from Iloilo arrived and ended the Katipuneros’ fleeting victory. The street was originally called Paseo de Labangon during Spanish times. It was later named calle Valeriano Weyler, after a Spanish governor general who was sent to Manila to quell the 1896 revolution. Then it was once again renamed Tres de Abril to commemorate the deaths of martyrs during the 1898 uprising.
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University of San CarlosP.del Rosario St., Cebu City
P.del Rosario is not the oldest street in the city, but on one of its sides stands the oldest school in Asia, the University of San Carlos. Blazing trails in the field of education, Jesuit Fathers Antonio Sedeno, Pedro Chirino, and Antonio Pereira founded the school in 1595. Eleven years after, it was named Colegio de San Ildefonso, its first and former name. It would become a university in 1948.
VECO BuildingF. Gonzales St., Near Carbon public Market
The VECO (Visayan Electric Company) building was formally opened in 1938 with the completion of the said structure. The building was designed in the Art-Deco style which was a growing trend of design during this period. The original franchise of VECO covered only the municipality of Cebu.
Zulueta BridgeZulueta St., Cebu City
From the Heritage Monument, one can enter Zulueta Street, and on its far end is a bridge made of coral stones, the same stones used on old churches. Zulueta Bridge is considered one of the oldest Spanish stone bridges in Cebu City.
Vision TheaterColon St., Cebu City
Built in the 1920s, Vision Theater was formerly the San Miguel Hotel, Bar and Grill. As a theater, it was one of the biggest and most popular in pre-war Cebu. It would fall into disuse through the years as several other theaters opened in other parts of the city.
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This year, Gabii sa Kabilin will include interactive demonstrations and activities where children can participate, learn and have fun from 6-9 p.m. in seven venues. They are the following:
Children activities
casa Gorordo MuseumAgricultural Activities
Museo Parian sa sugboStorytelling on the Chinese peddlers
cebu city MuseumSugboanon children’s stories at the Library
Fo Guang shan chu un TempleAmazing Wisdom Race
Plaza ParianPinoy Games
uccP-bardford Memorial chapelStorytelling
university of the Philippines
Pinoy Games
In partnership with
Sponsored by
CEBU CITy Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission • Cebu City Tourism Commission
Cebu City Traffic Operations Management • Cebu City Police Office Cebu City Parks & Playgrounds Commission • Department of Public Services General Services Office
LAPU-LAPU CITyLapu-Lapu City Tourism Office • City Traffic Management Services • Lapu-Lapu City Police Office
MANDAUE CITyMandaue City Tourism Office • Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue • Mandaue City Police Office
TALISAy CITyTalisay City Tourism Council • City of Talisay Traffic Operation & Development Authority
Talisay City Police Office
Baranggay Partners
CEBU CITySan Roque • Señor Sto. Niño • Tinago • Parian • Tejero • T. Padilla • Zapatera • Cogon Central Ramos
Day-as • Mabolo • Kamputhaw • Lahug • Ermita • Kalubihan • Suba
MANDAUE CITyCentro • Ibabao • Looc
TALISAy CITyPoblacion